January 22, 2024

consumers support a policy to reduce the amount of added sugars in the food supply.14 In this comment, we recommend five crical acons for FDA and USDA to reduce added sugars consumpon across the U. [...] Unfortunately, the agency has to date not indicated it will engage in rulemaking to correct the discrepancy in the menu labeling rule, and this item does not appear in the Current Unified Agenda.46 In addion to consumer educaon, access to added sugars informaon is important for state and local policymakers and researchers to develop and evaluate policies designed to reduce added sugars in restaura. [...] This has resulted in nine out of ten schools exceeding the 2020 DGA limit for added sugars for breakfast meals, and nearly seven out of ten schools exceeding the limit for lunch.48 In January of 2022, CSPI, the American Heart Associaon, and the American Public Health Associaon peoned the U. [...] Although data suggest prevalence of LNCS in the food supply is widespread and has increased over me,52 it is praccally impossible to esmate the total quantave amount of different LNCS in foods and beverages, as the food industry is not required to disclose the amount of LNCS in their products. [...] A Surgeon General’s Report on the health effects of added sugars would evaluate the evidence for the harmful effects of added sugars on health; trends in consumpon of added sugars across age, gender, racial, and ethnic groups; and alert health professionals, health officials, federal food assistance program personnel, and consumers to the serious threat that added sugars pose to health.