Americans Are Consuming Less Sugar but More Nonnutritive Sweeteners (AUDIO)

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Reducing sugar consumption is an important public health strategy. Shu Wen Ng, PhD, discusses a new study from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that shows US household purchases of foods and beverages containing caloric sweeteners declined between 2002 and 2018 but increased for products with both caloric sweeteners and artificial sweeteners.

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Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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