Blood Sugar Rising

Sugar and the Average American

Clip | 2m

Today, the average American has access to unlimited calories, which was not the case, even a few hundred years ago. How much sugar does the average American eat, and how are we being affected by the rapidly changing environments that we live in? Watch this clip from Blood Sugar Rising, a PBS special from WGBH, and find out.

Aired: 02/25/20 | Rating: NR

A Production of Structure Films for WGBH. With funding from: Draper, The Russell Berrie Foundation, Sami Inkinen, through the Inkinen Family Donor-Advised Fund, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.

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