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The FDA is taking comments on its proposals to revamp the food label until August 1, 2014.
It has two sets of proposed changes:
Here is the first of my comments on several food label items. Feel free to copy, edit, or file your own (see directions below).
July 16, 2014
TO: FDA
FROM: Marion Nestle, Professor, New York University
RE: Nutrition Facts panel: ADDED SUGARS
1. Retain the line for Sugars but call it Total Sugars
2. Add a line for Added Sugars
Rationale:
3. Establish a Daily Reference Value for Added Sugars of 10% of total calories
Rationale:
References
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[ii] USDA. Loss-adjusted food availability documentation. March 11, 2014. http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-availability-(per-capita)-data-system/loss-adjusted-food-availability-documentation.aspx#.UzlzcfldU6w. USDA. Food availability documentation: added sugar and sweeteners. http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-availability-(per-capita)-data-system/food-availability-documentation.aspx#sugar. The tables used to construct figure 3D are at: Refined Sugar, Corn Syrup, Other Sweeteners.
[iii] Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies. “Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids (Macronutrients), Chapter 6: Dietary Carbohydrates: Sugars and Starches”, Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2002.
[iv] U.S. Senate Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. Dietary Goals for the United States, December 1977.
[v] USDA. Food Guide Pyramid, 1992.
[vi] Cannon G: Food and Health: The Experts Agree. London: Consumers’ Association, 1992.
[vii] USDA. Is intake of added sugars associated with diet quality? Nutrition Insights, Insight 21, October 2000.
[viii] Johnson RK, Appel LJ, Brands M, et al. Dietary sugars intake and cardiovascular health: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2009;120(11):1011-1120. doi: 10.1161/CirculationAHA.109.192627.
[ix] USDA and USDHHS. Dietary guidelines for Americans, 2010. http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/dgas2010-policydocument.htm.
[x] Lustig RH. Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease. Hudson Street Press, 2012.
[xi] WHO. Draft guideline: Sugars intake for adults and children, March 2014. http://www.who.int/nutrition/sugars_public_consultation/en/.
[xii] Te Morenga L, Mallard S, Mann J. Dietary sugars and body weight: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies. BMJ 2012;345:e7492 doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7492.
[xiii] Moynihan PJ, Kelly SAM. Effect on Caries of Restricting Sugars Intake. Systematic Review to Inform WHO Guidelines. JDR 2014;93:8-18. doi:10.1177/0022034513508954.
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