date:Mar 27, 2019
than health experts deem safe. In a March 2019 policy statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Heart Association (AHA) endorse several ways to intervene on kids' behalf, including taxes on sugary drinks, limits on how sugary drinks are marketed to kids and financial incentives to promote better options.
For children, the biggest source of added sugars often is not what they eat; it's what they drink, says pediatrician Natalie D. Muth, lead author of the policy state