Decreasing Trends in Heavy Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in the United States, 2003–2016

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, noon

Authors: by Kelsey A. Vercammen, MSc, Alyssa J. Moran, ScD, RD, Mark J. Soto, MA, Lee Kennedy-Shaffer, PhD, and Sara N. Bleich, PhD Podcast: Lead author Kelsey A. Vercammen (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) talks about a new Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics study that shows the percentage of heavy sugar-sweetened beverage drinkers trended downwards in most demographic categories, but attention should be paid to several subgroups with high intake for whom trends are not decreasing. September 24, 2020 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2020.07.012)