“Courtney Gaine, the president and CEO of The Sugar Association, both noted that sugar consumption has decreased in the United States even while obesity rates have risen….Gaine encouraged the farmers to emphasize that sugar is grown in this country and that if sugar is removed from a recipe it’s often replaced by artificial sweeteners.”
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Obesity and related diseases are serious. Nobody, particularly our members who grow and process sugar across the country, discounts that.
Unfortunately, for Florida and all sugar farmers, industrial users of sugar and, most important, consumers, this all-natural product is being scapegoated for the rise in obesity and other diseases.
Continuing its efforts to bring facts and balance to the dialogue about sugar, the Sugar Association has hired industry veteran Chris Hogan as its Vice President of Communications.
