Poll: Most Americans Are Trying to Reduce Sugar Intake

A Reuters/Ipsos poll of 1,883 adults living in the U.S, conducted Jan. 15-21, finds that 58 percent say they tried to limit sugar in their diets in the previous 30 days. That is higher than the percentage of those who were targeting reductions in their intake of calories, sodium, fats, cholesterol, or carbohydrates. Only 39 percent said they had not tried to cut sugar intake. Last month, the U.S. government said that Americans should seek to keep their intake of added sugars, which is sugar added during processing or preparation of foods, to less than 10 percent of daily calories, the first time it had recommended a specific limit. http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/DietNutrition/55982?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2016-02-04&eun=g721819d0r