Children should eat less than 25 grams of added sugars daily
- In new recommendations from the American Heart Association designed to keep kids healthy, experts recommend children consume less than six teaspoons of added sugars per day.
- Children and teens should limit their intake of sugar-sweetened drinks to no more than eight ounces weekly.
- The recommendations advise that children under the age of 2 years should not consume foods or beverages with added sugars, including sugar-sweetened drinks.
Children should have less than 6 teaspoons (or 25 grams) of added sugar daily. Check out the amount of added sugar in common foods below:
- 8 ounces of apple juice = 7 teaspoons of sugar
- 1 serving of tomato sauce = 3 teaspoons of sugar
- 1 serving of Raisin Bran = 8 teaspoons of sugar
- 2 slices of bread = 6-10 teaspoons of sugar
- Medium blueberry muffin = 10 teaspoons of sugar
