Enganchados de por vida

The report examines how weak federal guidelines and aggressive industry marketing expose US children under five to excessive added sugars, contributing to obesity and diabetes. It highlights gaps in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the influence of the food industry on policy, recommending stricter FDA limits and transparent guideline-setting processes.

• United States federal nutrition policies and guidelines have failed to align with scientific evidence regarding the health risks of added sugars, particularly for infants and young children.
• There is a significant regulatory gap in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which currently only provide recommendations for adults and children aged two and older, leaving children from birth to age two without federal nutritional guidance.
• FDA nutrition labels often fail to distinguish between the needs of young children and adults, using daily values based on 2,000 to 2,500 calories, which may lead four-year-olds to consume added sugars in quantities similar to adults.
• Federal food supplement programs, such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), have nutritional guidelines inconsistent with science; for example, WIC-approved yogurt can contain up to 40 grams of sugar per cup, exceeding daily recommendations for a three-year-old.
• The food industry aggressively targets children, particularly those from low-income families and ethnic minorities, using characters and bright packaging to create lifelong preferences for sweet flavors.
• Industry-funded research is strongly correlated with results favorable to the industry; one analysis of 168 industry-funded studies found only 12 that were not favorable to the sponsoring company.

APA

Reed, G., Johnson, C., & Phartiyal, P. (2016). Enganchados de por vida. Union of Concerned Scientists. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/attach/2016/11/enganchados-de-por-vida-ucs-2016-resumen-espan%25CC%2583ol.pdf

Chicago

Reed, Genna, Charise Johnson, and Pallavi Phartiyal. Enganchados de por vida. Union of Concerned Scientists, 2016. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/attach/2016/11/enganchados-de-por-vida-ucs-2016-resumen-espan%25CC%2583ol.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{reed2016enganchados, author = {Reed, Genna and Johnson, Charise and Phartiyal, Pallavi}, title = {{Enganchados de por vida}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2016}, month = aug, url = {https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/attach/2016/11/enganchados-de-por-vida-ucs-2016-resumen-espan%25CC%2583ol.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }