2. Learning Objectives
Demonstrate how much sugar can be found in popular drinks.
Show you how to can calculate the amount of sugar in a drink and understand what too much sugar is.
Identify 1-2 changes you can make to promote a healthy lifestyle AND save money by not purchasing expensive sugary drinks.
Specifically, we will be looking at how many teaspoons of sugar are we drinking.

3. What is a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage?
A beverage that has sugar added to it and does not have naturally occurring sugar.
Examples:
Soda
Fruit Punch
Energy drinks
Juices
Vitamin water
Sports drinks

4. Concerns about Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
Sugary drinks are the single largest contributor of added sugar in the American diet.
The average American consumes ¼ pound of added sugar a day, or 100 pounds a year.
Extra calories from sugar-sweetened beverages can lead to weight gain and obesity.
Adults who drink one or more sugar-sweetened beverages a day are 27% more likely to be over weight than those that do not.

5. Consumption Facts
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages by adults has doubled in the last 30 years.
The typical bottle of soda has tripled in size, from 6.5 ounces in the 1950’s, to 34 or even 64 ounces today.
This translates to increased caloric intake and subsequent weight gain.

6. Nutrition Facts: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
High in calories and sugar
Low in vitamins and minerals
Drinking your calories vs. eating your calories
Can lead to excess caloric intake
Leaves you unsatisfied and hungry (when you drink vs eat your calories)

7. How Much Sugar are we Drinking?
1 gram of sugar/4 = number of teaspoons of sugar
Always check serving size
Calories per serving
27 grams sugar/4 =
6.75 teaspoons of sugar

8. How much sugar are we drinking?
SUGAR SHOCKERS
How much sugar are we drinking?

9. Rockstar Energy Drink Worst Energy Drink 280 calories 62 grams sugar
Sugar equivalence: 6 Krispy Kreme original glazed donuts
1 can, 16 fl ounces
While the calories are not the same, the sugar content of a Rockstar Energy is the same as 6 Krispy Kreme donuts! By far one of the worst culprits of added sugar. In general, avoid energy drinks whenever possible.

10. Worst Soda Sunkist 320 calories 84 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 6 Breyers Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches
1 bottle, 20 fl ounces
Sodas are notorious for adding high amounts of sugar to the American diet. Sunkist in particular is high in sugar and calories.

11. Arizona Kiwi Strawberry
Worst Juice Imposter
Arizona Kiwi Strawberry
345 calories
81 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 7 bowls of Froot Loops
1 ca, 23 fl ounces
Arizona brand drinks are often sought after as alternatives to sodas. These masquerades as “juices” and “teas” when in fact they often contain very little of these but tons of sugar.

12. Worst Tea SoBe Green Tea 240 calories 61 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 4 slices Sara Lee Cherry Pie
1 bottle, 20 fl ounces
A good example of misleading advertisement as a “tea”.

13. Walking time to burn off Beverages
Water 20 fl. oz. 0 minutes 1% Milk 16 fl. oz. bottle 56 minutes 100% Orange Juice 16 fl. oz. bottle 53 minutes Soda 12 fl. oz. can 30 minutes Sports Drink 20 fl. oz. bottle 27 minutes Energy Drink 16 fl. oz. 52 minutes Sweetened Tea 20 fl. oz. bottle 46 minutes

14. DRINK MORE WATER! What can we do? Zero Calories Free or low cost
Helps suppress appetite
Helps remove toxins from organs

15. How much water do we need?
Depends on height, weight, and activity level Women generally need oz cups a day Men generally need oz cups a day

16. Activity
Lets take a closer look at the sugar content of some common drinks.
Number of servings
Calories per serving
Grams of sugar
Teaspoons of sugar
A day of beverages

17. Thank You! Questions?