Am I Eating Too Much Sugar?

How Much Sugar Is Too Much?

Shelley Moore
7 min readApr 2, 2020

A quick guide to sugar consumption in adults and children.

“There has been a lack of clarity and consensus regarding how much added sugar is considered safe [for children], so sugars remain a commonly added ingredient in food and drinks,” — Dr. Miriam Vos, Nutrition Scientist & Pediatrics Professor at Emory University (1)

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Shelley Moore

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