The real reason your children can’t avoid added sugar (Boston Globe)


January 22, 2026

Dietary Guidelines Priya Op Ed

The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend children avoid added sugar through age 10. That’s a bold, evidence-based shift — but without structural policy change, it puts an impossible burden on families.

In a new op-ed, GFI's  Priya Fielding-Singh argues that reducing kids’ sugar intake requires changing the food environment itself — from marketing rules to school meals. Families can’t do this alone.

Read more at:
https://go.gwu.edu/addedsugar