According to a recent study that appeared in the American Heart Association publication Circulation, the added sugars labeling policy from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could save $31 billion in health care costs over a 20-year period, reports Food Business News.
“The purpose of our study was to estimate the impact of the F.D.A.’s added sugars label on reducing sugar intake and preventing diabetes and cardiovascular disease,” said Renata Micha, Ph.D., of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Boston. “Our results indicate that timely implementation of the added sugars label could reduce consumption of foods and beverages with added sugars, which could then lead to an improvement in health and a reduction in health care spending.”
The F.D.A. will begin implementing the mandatory listing of added sugars on the Nutrition Facts Label of packaged foods and beverages on Jan. 1, 2020. The F.D.A. defines added sugars as those that either are added during the processing of foods or packaged as such. Full Story
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