1. Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Sweet or Sour? Tonya Johnson OSU Extension Service, Marion County WIST October 17, 2013

2. Lesson Overview Welcome Background information How does your drink measure up? Healthier options Wrap up

3. Sugar-Sweetened Drinks What are they? A Sugar-sweetened drink is any non-alcoholic beverage with an added sugar-based, caloric sweetener, including sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, and other sugars. SSDs include: – Soda – non-100%-fruit drinks – sports drinks – flavored water – energy drinks – pre-sweetened coffee and tea

4. Sugar-sweetened drinks are the largest single source of added sugar in the American diet – We are consuming 200-300 more calories than 30 yr/ago – Half of these calories are from sugar-sweetened beverages – Extra calories = Extra weight – One can of soda/day = 10 pounds weight gain/year Sugar-Sweetened Drinks So What?

5. Sugar = empty calories Sugar-sweetened drinks associated with: – Overweight & obesity in children and adults – Type 2 diabetes – Tooth decay Sugar-Sweetened Drinks So What?

6. Obesity may lead to …

7. Dental Problems Cavities Baby Bottle Tooth Decay

8. How Does Your Drink Measure Up? California WIC Program

9. High-fructose corn syrup Corn syrup Fruit juice concentrate Honey Sugar Syrup Fructose Sucrose Dextrose Maltose Agave Molasses Ingredient Detective Names of Sweeteners

10. Healthier Options

11. Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Sweet or Sour? Thank you! Tonya Johnson tonya.johnson@oregonstate.edu 503-373-3763