Parents aren't good judges of their kids' sugar intake, shows study

For the study, researchers with the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin visited 305 German families that included at least one child between the ages of 6 and 12

More than 18 percent of elementary-school-age students in the United States are obese, and no one really knows why. The causes are numerous and tangled. But consuming too much sugar is widely accepted as an important factor. In 2015, the World Health Organization issued a recommendation: Everyone, regardless of age, should restrict his or her sugar intake to less than 10 percent of all calories consumed daily. For young children, that would mean no more than about 45 grams of sugar a day. Of course, few young children are responsible for their own diets or can be expected