Kids and Sugar

Updated: Tuesday, 06 Mar 2012, 12:26 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 06 Mar 2012, 10:12 AM EST

(FOX 25/MyFoxBoston.com) - According to the CDC, American kids are consuming 16 percent of their calories from added sugar.

What's really alarming is that kids are getting that extra sugar in foods and drinks in their homes.

Registered Dietitian and BU Nutrition Professor Joan Salge Blake joined FOX 25 to explain the growing problem.

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