Too much added sugars increases your risk of CVD Sugar & Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) FACT SHEET | Sugar & CVD 1 HEALTHY FOOD AMERICA | FACT SHEET healthyfoodamerica.org HOW MUCH ADDED SUGARS* ARE WE CONSUMING? 1 US adults consume 18 tsp per day = 40% too much US children consume 19 tsp per day = 70% too much Learn more about what to do about added sugars and sugary drinks here: Healthy Food America Developed February 2017 Children and adults are eating and drinking added sugars at well over the daily recommended amount. 2 The result is increased risk for serious health problems, like cardiovascular disease. *Added sugars are sugars and syrups added to foods during preparation or processing, or at the table, and include cane and beet sugar, high fructose corn sweetener, glucose, dextrose, honey, and edible syrups. Almost 2 out of 3 youth consume sugary drinks every day 241 calories/day 3 12-30 tsp per day risk of dying from CVD 4 30% risk of coronary heart disease 5 17% risk of heart attack 6 19% risk of high blood pressure 7 12% risk of bad cholesterol (in just two weeks) 8 20% 1 out of 2 adults consume sugary drinks every day 283 calories/day 3 Risk factor for CVD = = Drinking sugary drinks regularly Quick Facts About Cardiovascular Disease 9 • 1 in every 3 deaths in the US was due to CVD in 2013. CVD includes several conditions, coronary heart disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, and stroke. • 85.6 million Americans live with CVD. Black (46% men; 48% women) adults are more likely to have CVD than white (36% men; 32% women). • By 2030, almost half the US population (43.9%) is projected to have some form of CVD. Direct and indirect costs of CVD totaled $317 billion in 2012.

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Too much added sugars increases your risk of CVD

Sugar & Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)

FACT SHEET | Sugar & CVD 1

HEALTHY FOOD AMERICA | FACT SHEEThealthyfoodamerica.org

HOW MUCH ADDED SUGARS* ARE WE CONSUMING?1 US adults consume 18 tsp per day = 40% too muchUS children consume 19 tsp per day = 70% too much

Learn more about what to do about added sugars and sugary drinks here:Healthy Food America

Developed February 2017

Children and adults are eating and drinking added sugars at well over the daily recommended amount.2

The result is increased risk for serious health problems, like cardiovascular disease.

*Added sugars are sugars and syrups added to foods during preparation or processing, or at the table, and include cane and beet sugar, high fructose corn sweetener, glucose, dextrose, honey, and edible syrups.

Almost 2 out of 3 youth consumesugary drinks every day

241 calories/day3

12-30 tsp per day risk of dying from CVD430%

risk of coronary heart

disease5

17%

risk of heart attack6

19%

risk of highblood pressure7

12%

risk of bad cholesterol

(in just two weeks)8

20%

1 out of 2 adults consumesugary drinks every day

283 calories/day3

Risk factor for CVD

=Drinking sugary drinks regularly

Quick Facts About Cardiovascular Disease9

• 1 in every 3 deaths in the US was due to CVD in 2013. CVD includes several conditions, coronary heart disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, and stroke.• 85.6 million Americans live with CVD. Black (46% men; 48% women) adults are more likely to have CVD than white (36% men; 32% women).• By 2030, almost half the US population (43.9%) is projected to have some form of CVD.

Direct and indirect costs of CVD totaled $317 billion in 2012.

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2 US Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 8th Edition. December 2015. Available at http://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/. 10% or less of daily calories should come from added sugars.

3 Kit BK, Fakhouri TH, Park S, Nielsen SJ, Ogden CL. Trends in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among youth and adults in the United States: 1999-2010. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013;98(1):180-8. Data are based on one 24-hour dietary recall.

4 Yang Q, Zhang Z, Gregg EW, Flanders WD, Merritt R, Hu FB. Added sugar intake and cardiovascular diseases mortality among US adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(4):516-24.

5 Huang C, Huang J, Tian Y, Yang X, Gu D. Sugar sweetened beverages consumption and risk of coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of prospective studies. Atherosclerosis. 2014;234(1):11-6.

6 Narain A, Kwok CS, Mamas MA. Soft drinks and sweetened beverages and the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Clin Pract. 2016;70(10):791-805.

7 Jayalath VH, de Souza RJ, Ha V, et al. Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and incident hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohorts. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015;102:914–21.

8 Stanhope KL, Medici V, Bremer AA, et al. A dose-response study of consuming high-fructose corn syrup-sweetened beverages on lipid/lipoproteinrisk factors for cardiovascular disease in young adults. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015;101(6):1144-54.

9 Mozaffarian D, Benjamin EJ, Go AS, et al. on behalf of the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Heart disease and stroke statistics— 2016 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2016;133:e38-e360.