Rina Ruolin

May 23, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Rina Ruolin |Jimmy Yu |Gemma Bridge

1. Introduction High intakes of added/free sugars have been identified as a major contributor to the current obesity epidemic (1). In response, various public health agencies worldwide, such as the WHO (2), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (3), and Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) (4), have issued quantitative guidelines to limit added/free sugars intake to below 5–10% of daily energy intake for improved health (see Supplementary Table 1).