Americans and Sugar

Publish Date: 
May 5, 2011

U.S. adults consume 22.2 teaspoons of sugar a day, or 355 calories, and reducing the amount of sugar can reduce weight, a U.S. food expert says.  Phil Lempert, a food industry analyst, trend-watcher and creator of the Web site supermarketguru.com, says Americans eat more than double the daily recommended amount of sugar added to food.
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