Subject matter expert Susan Hopper, R.D. is a co-creator of the original Hidden Sugars display used at a recent American Diabetes Association fundraising walk in Fresno. She answered the team's question: What inspired you to create the Hidden Sugars display?
"We've had this display for a long time. We are trying to teach people! We all seem to learn from a visual. It doesn't mean too much if you say, "What you're drinking contains 60 grams of sugar." But, if you show that 60 g. of sugar means about 4 pieces of bread they say, "I don't want ot drink 4 pieces of bread!".
Most of us just don't think about those sugars in foods.
The Hidden Sugars display helps us create a little "drama" to help people get conscious of the sugars in "everyday" foods.
There are lots of things we use mindlessly, like packets of salad dressing or ketchup, that add calories (and sugar) we don't want or need."
