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The American Heart Association has a guideline on how much sugar should be eaten a day.

High amounts of sugar are found in fruit juice.

Excess consumption of sugars can lead to tooth decay and excess calories.Excess calories can lead to weight gain.Obesity is a risk factor for chronic diseases.

Most sugars come from fruit, vegetables, and dairy products according to Health Canada.Other sources of sugars can increase calories.

Chronic diseases, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, are a major public health concern in Canada.One of the top risk factors for chronic diseases is a diet that is high in salt, sugars and fat.

Most packaged food labels in Canada have an ingredient list and a nutrition facts table.You can use this information to make better food choices.

Health Canada is trying to help Canadians understand the sugars in their food.The food industry has four years to meet the new regulations.

A front-of-package nutrition symbol is being considered by Health Canada.The aim of this initiative is to make it easier for Canadians to identify foods with high levels of saturated fat, sodium and sugars.

There are two images of the table.The Nutrition Facts table is on the left.The Nutrition Facts table is on the right.There is explanatory text on the right side of the Nutrition Facts table table with arrows pointing to the changes to sugars in the table.

The Nutrition Facts table has a description.Nutrition Facts is at the top of the table while Valeur nutritive is next to it.Both are bold.The next line is Per 250 mL.The rule below the serving size information spans the width of the table.

The subheading percent symbol Daily Value is justified in bold on the next line.The subheading "Amount" is stacked directly below Teneur.The percent symbol is also in bold.The rule spans the width of the table.The rule is not as thick as the one below the serving size information.

The next line is calories, forward slash and calories in bold.The width of the table is covered by a thin rule under the calories information.On the next line is Fat, forward slash, Lipides, followed by 0 and a percent symbol.The rule below the fat information spans the width of the table.

The next line has Saturated, forward slash, saturés, followed by 0 and a lower case g.The rule below the trans information spans the width of the table.

Cholesterol, forward slash, Cholestérol, in bold, is the next line.The cholesterol information spans the width of the table.

The next line is forward slash, followed by 0 and mg.On the same line, right is followed by a percent symbol.The width of the table is covered by a thin rule.On the same line is 9 followed by a percent symbol.There is a thin rule under the information that spans the width of the table.

The next line has Fibre, forward slash, Fibres, followed by 0 and a percent.The width of the table is covered by a thin rule.There is a thin rule under the sugars information that spans the width of the table.

There is a rule under the information that spans the width of the table.

The next line is Vitamin A.On the same line, right is followed by a percent symbol.There is a thin rule about the width of the table.

Right on the same line is 120 followed by a percent symbol.There is a thin rule about the width of the table.

The next line is Calcium.2 is followed by a percent symbol.There is a thin rule about the width of the table.

Iron, forward slash, Fer is the next line.On the same line, right is followed by a percent symbol.The Nutrition Facts table description is over.

The Nutrition Facts table is pictured next to the description of the new table.

Nutrition Facts is at the top of the table while Valeur nutritive is next to it.Both are bold.The next line is Per 1 cup open parenthesis.The next line is pour 1 tasse open.There is a thin rule that spans the width of the table.The next line is in bold.The Daily Value symbol is justified on the line.The percent symbol is also in bold.The Percent Daily Value and Percent Valeur quotidienne are followed by a note at the bottom of the Nutrition Facts table.There is a rule under the calories information.It doesn't stretch the width of the table.

On the next line is Fat, forward slash, Lipides, followed by 0 and a percent symbol.The next line has Saturated, forward slash, saturés, followed by 0 and a lower case g.The rule below the trans information spans the width of the table.

The next line is Fibre, forward slash, Fibres, followed by 0 and a lowercase g.The number 22 is followed by a percent symbol on the next line.There is a thin rule under the sugars information.

There is a rule under the information that spans the width of the table.

Cholesterol, forward slash, Cholestérol, in bold, is the next line.The cholesterol information spans the width of the table.

The next line is in bold and in capital letters.On the same line, right is followed by a percent symbol.There is a rule that spans the width of the table.

The next line is 450 in capital letters.On the same line is 10 followed by a percent symbol.The width of the table is covered by a thin rule.

The next line is Calcium followed by 30 andmg.2 is followed by a percent symbol.The rule below the calcium information spans the width of the table.

Iron, forward slash, Fer, followed by 0 and mg are the next lines.On the same line, right is followed by a percent symbol.There is a rule under the iron information that spans the width of the table.The percent Daily Value footnote was referred to at the beginning of the table description.5 percent symbol or less is a little, 15 percent sign or a lot, and on the second line is an asterisk followed by the statement:The terms are bold.The Nutrition Facts table is over.

There is text to the right of the table.The sugars line is circled within the table and there is an arrow pointing to it.There is a new percent symbol for sugars.The percent Daily Value footnote is circled in the table at the bottom right.There is a new footnote that helps interpret the percent symbol Daily Value.The Nutrition Facts table description is over.

The amount of sugars in the nutrition facts table is based on 100 grams.It's not a recommended level of intake.The amount of total sugars is consistent with a healthy eating pattern.Most of the sugars come from fruit, vegetables and plain milk.

There are two ingredient lists.An example of the original list of ingredients is on the left.The new format for the list of ingredients is on the right.Each list has sugars sources circled in red.

There is a grey box with an ingredient list on the left.The text in the box is black and capital letters.There is a separator in the list.There are four lines of text in the box.

The first line begins with the word ingredients.The same line is followed by the words flour, fancy molasses, and vegetable oil.The next line starts with the word shortening, followed by brown sugar, and then a liquid whole egg.The first line starts with the word salt, followed by a comma, and then a second with a third and a fourth.

The last line in the box begins with the word, followed by a colon, wheat, and an egg.

The American Heart Association has a guideline on how much sugar should be eaten a day.

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