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Monitor your intake of sugary foods.
Last month, the American Heart Association urged people to reduce their intake of sugary foods and beverages to lower the risk of conditions like obesity and high blood pressure — singling out soft drinks as a prime culprit.
"Parents should limit their children's portion sizes, limit their intake of sugary drinks and sugary or fatty snacks, and replace sugary drinks for sugar-free versions, water or lower fat milk, while ensuring they get at least an hour's exercise every day".
While eating sugary or unhealthy foods can be tempting, especially with the unhealthy nature of many college students, a disciplined diabetic can limit their intake of sugary foods.
Evidence for the benefit of dietary changes alone, however, is limited, with some evidence for a diet high in green leafy vegetables and some for limiting the intake of sugary drinks.
The crushing healthcare costs associated with obesity--estimated to be as high as $147 billion a year--prompted the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDCC) to list reducing the intake of sugary drinks as one of its chief obesity prevention strategies in 2009.
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Medical research links the intake of sugary-beverages with obesity and its numerous side effects including Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and respiratory problems.
The association we have found between fast-food consumption and BMI in children could be due to other specific dietary factors that have been shown to be associated with fast-food consumption, such as higher fat intake, greater consumption of sugary drinks, fewer fruits and non-starchy vegetables.
The diets of preschool children are a cause for concern, with low intakes of fruit and vegetables and high intakes of sugary foods and drinks.
23 Topics covered caloric reduction through decreasing portion sizes and reducing intakes of sugary drinks, alcohol, fast foods, snack foods, and processed and red meat.
And the authors concluded that those who increased their consumption of sugary drinks also "increased energy intake" — calories, that is — "from other foods, indicating that these beverages may even induce hunger and food intake".
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