Sugar-sweetened

Sugar-sweetened beverages, or SSBs, as they are referred to in scientific circles, are high in calories and low in nutrition, and they add inches to your waistline—if you let them.

The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011

Sugar-sweetened beverages add hundreds of calories to your diet each day.

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"Sugar-sweetened drinks are not worth the cost to our health, and government shouldn't be promoting or subsidizing them," said Bloomberg, who also has outlawed trans-fats in restaurant food and has forced chain restaurants to post calorie counts on menus.

Sugary Drinks May Be Banned From Food Stamp Buys AP 2010

Sugar-sweetened beverages, or SSBs, as they are referred to in scientific circles, are high in calories and low in nutrition, and they add inches to your waistline—if you let them.

The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011

"Sugar-sweetened beverages are the No. 1 single source of calories in the American diet and account for about half of all added sugars that people consume," says Rachel Johnson, a spokeswoman for the American Heart Association and a nutrition professor at the University of Vermont.

Sugary drinks add 300 calories a day to youths' diets 2011

There has been strong scientific data linking excess sugar above these limits and increased risk of heart disease and diabetes (Malik VS, et al "Sugar-sweetened beverages and risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes" Diabetes Care 2010; 33 (11): 2477-2483).

Kristin Kirkpatrick, M.S., R.D., L.D.: Sugar Health Risks: Are You Letting Real Sugar Off the Hook? Kristin Kirkpatrick 2010

There has been strong scientific data linking excess sugar above these limits and increased risk of heart disease and diabetes (Malik VS, et al "Sugar-sweetened beverages and risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes" Diabetes Care 2010; 33 (11): 2477-2483).

Kristin Kirkpatrick, M.S., R.D., L.D.: Sugar Health Risks: Are You Letting Real Sugar Off the Hook? Kristin Kirkpatrick 2010

According to the health commissioner of New York, Dr. Thomas Frieden, “Sugar-sweetened beverages soda sweetened with sugar, corn syrup, or other caloric sweeteners and other carbonated and non-carbonated drinks, such as sports and energy drinks may be the single largest driver of the obesity epidemic.”

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There has been strong scientific data linking excess sugar above these limits and increased risk of heart disease and diabetes (Malik VS, et al "Sugar-sweetened beverages and risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes"Diabetes Care 2010; 33(11): 2477-2483).

Kristin Kirkpatrick, M.S., R.D., L.D.: Sugar Health Risks: Are You Letting Real Sugar Off the Hook? Kristin Kirkpatrick 2010

‘Sugar-sweetened soft drinks have been shown to cause obesity, Type 2 diabetes, dental decay and metabolic syndrome.’

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