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Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Sweet or Sour?

Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Sweet or Sour?. WIST October 17, 2013. Tonya Johnson OSU Extension Service, Marion County. Lesson Overview. Welcome Background information How does your drink measure up? Healthier options Wrap up. Sugar-Sweetened Drinks What are they?.

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Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Sweet or Sour?

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  1. Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Sweet or Sour? WIST October 17, 2013 Tonya Johnson OSU Extension Service, Marion County

  2. Lesson Overview • Welcome • Background information • How does your drink measure up? • Healthier options • Wrap up

  3. Sugar-Sweetened DrinksWhat are they? • A Sugar-sweetened drink is any non-alcoholic beverage with an added sugar-based, caloric sweetener, including sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, and other sugars. SSDs include: • Soda • non-100%-fruit drinks • sports drinks • flavored water • energy drinks • pre-sweetened coffee and tea

  4. Sugar-Sweetened DrinksSo What? • Sugar-sweetened drinks are the largest single source of added sugar in the American diet • We are consuming 200-300 more calories than 30 yr/ago • Half of these calories are from sugar-sweetened beverages • Extra calories = Extra weight • One can of soda/day = 10 pounds weight gain/year

  5. Sugar-Sweetened DrinksSo What? • Sugar = empty calories • Sugar-sweetened drinks associated with: • Overweight & obesity in children and adults • Type 2 diabetes • Tooth decay

  6. Obesity may lead to …

  7. Dental Problems • Cavities • Baby Bottle Tooth Decay

  8. How Does Your Drink Measure Up? California WIC Program

  9. Ingredient Detective Names of Sweeteners Fructose Sucrose Dextrose Maltose Agave Molasses • High-fructose corn syrup • Corn syrup • Fruit juice concentrate • Honey • Sugar • Syrup

  10. Healthier Options

  11. Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Sweet or Sour? Thank you! Tonya Johnson tonya.johnson@oregonstate.edu 503-373-3763

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