Sexual violence. Sexual violence is a serious public health and human rights problem with both short-and long-term consequences on women's physical, mental, and sexual and reproductive health.
For an average 2000-calorie diet, the World Health Organization recommends that a maximum of 10% of the total calories come from added sugar. This equates to less than 50 grams of added sugar per day. Reducing daily intake of sugar can improve diabetes control. 2  The amount of sugar eaten daily can vary based on activity level and overall health. 3  Be sure your physician is aware of any specific dietary modifications. 4  Women may reduce the daily sugar intake to 17 g per day and men can aim for 25 g per day.
We Eat Four Times As Much Sugar As We Should! According to a 2009 study in Circulation, annual sugar intake has increased 19% from 1970 to 2005. In 2009, the American Heart Association (AHA) reported Americans were ingesting an average of 111 grams of sugar per day which is the equivalent of about 450 calories per day! The AHA set a limit of suggested sugar intake of 30 grams per day max, which is equivalent to only 120 calories per day or about one quarter of average current consumption. Sugar is often used in exchange for the technical term 'sucrose', which is a disaccharide made up of one molecule of glucose and one molecule of fructose.