Self-monitoring: “Fresh Kids” Intervention Reduces Daily Sugar Intake for Student Darwina Weisser Student No. 18517643 La Trobe University Bundoora Word Count 1000 Self-monitoring: “Fresh Kids” Intervention Reduces Daily Sugar Intake for Student Sugar is consumed daily by billions of people, even though it has been related to many negative health problems. World Health Organisation (2015) recommended 25 grams of sugar per day. It is health-beneficial to have less than 5% of the daily energy intake from sugar, because weight gain, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers are related to high sugar consumption (Popkin & Hawkes, 2016). In the U.S., 70% of boys and 60% of girls consume sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) on a daily basis (Ogden, Kit, Carroll, & Park, 2011).
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The “Fresh Kids” intervention (Laurence, Peterken, & Burns, 2007) was followed by increasing knowledge about the adverse health effects and replacing sugary snacks with fruit and SSB with water. Past literature showed these interventions to be successful with parents, children, and high-school students (Epstein et al., 2001; Laurence et al.,
The “Fresh Kids” intervention (Laurence, Peterken, & Burns, 2007) was followed by increasing knowledge about the adverse health effects and replacing sugary snacks with fruit and SSB with water. Past literature showed these interventions to be successful with parents, children, and high-school students (Epstein et al., 2001; Laurence et al.,