‘sugar and spice and all things nice’ in censusatschool we asked students how many cans and bottles of soft drinks they had drunk in the

‘Sugar and Spice and all things nice’
In CensusAtSchool we asked students how many cans and bottles of soft
drinks they had drunk in the previous two days. Our 31,361 secondary
pupils drank 144,196 cans and bottles in two days. That is an average
of 1.6 cans and 2.9 bottles every two days. We did not ask how many of
these were ‘diet’ versions, but perhaps we should have, given the very
high sugar content of the non ‘diet’ varieties.
One normal sized can of cola for example contains nearly 11 teaspoons
of sugar while the average healthy digestive system can digest and
eliminate 2 to 4 teaspoons daily. The United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) advises people who eat a 2,000-calorie healthy diet
to try to limit themselves to about 10 teaspoons of added sugars per
day. In fact, the average American does not eat a healthful diet, but
consumes 20 teaspoons of added sugars per day.
Study the following three sources:
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Since the eighteenth century, the rise in the per capita consumption
of sugar has been closely associated with industrialization, increased
personal income, the use of processed foods, and the consumption of
beverages to which people add sugar, such as tea, coffee, and cocoa.
In addition, the relatively recent popularity of soft drinks has also
expanded the use of sugar. Annual per capita sugar consumption is now
highest in its places of production, such as Brazil, Fiji, and
Australia, where it exceeds 50 kilograms (kg). Consumption in Cuba has
been exceptionally high, exceeding 80 kg per capita around the
beginning of the 1990s. Subsequently, consumption has fallen to a
still very high 60 kg per person.
With an annual per capita consumption of between 30 and 40 kg, the
countries that were first industrialized in Western Europe and North
America constitute a second tier of sugar consumers. The poorer
countries of the world make up a third group where consumption is low.
The figure for China is 6.5 kg, and it is even lower for many
countries in tropical Africa. Such a pattern reflects both differences
in wealth and the ready availability of sugar to those in the
countries of the first group. In the Western industrialized world,
concerns about the effects of sugar on health, as well as the use of
alternatives to sugar — such as high-fructose corn syrup and
high-intensity, low-calorie sweeteners — have stabilized and, in some
countries, lowered the use of sugar.
Source - The Cambridge World History of Food – Kiple & Ornelas (2000)
published by CUP
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Source 2
Americans' Sugar Consumption is Questioned
Thursday 20 May 1999
If you haven't settled on a habit to kick this month, leading health
and nutrition experts are on hand to help you out. In a letter to the
secretaries of the Departments of Health and Agriculture, a panel of
scientists has urged the commissioning of a study on sugar consumption
in the US. According to Michael Jacobson of the Centre for Science in
the Public Interest (CSPI), sugar accounts for about 16 percent of
total calories consumed by adults, and 20 percent of calories consumed
by teenagers.
Sugary soft drinks account for a good portion of sugar consumption,
especially among teenagers. Some studies suggest that teenage girls
and women, who frequently replace milk with soft drinks, run an
increased risk of osteoporosis. Many Americans, focusing on fat as the
chief dietary enemy, are not paying sufficient attention to the empty
calories found in sugary snacks. "It's time to rethink our national
infatuation with sweets," said Jacobson.
This story appeared in Fox News Online.
S ource 3

Sources of sugars in the British diet
Gregory J, Foster K, Tyler H, Wiseman M. The Dietary and Nutritional
Survey of British Adults. London: HMSO, 1990.
Now use the following two websites to investigate how much sugar you
consume every week and what types of foods it tends to come from
http://www.fitnesscomplete.co.uk/chapters/hn/sugar.htm
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=3797
Resource from the CensusAtSchool Project at www.censusatschool.org.uk

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