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Curbing America’s sugar appetite New U.S. dietary guidelines recommend limiting intake of added sugars to no more than 10 percent of total calories.
AVERAGE ADDED SUGAR INTAKE AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL DIET:
0
5
10
15
20 percent
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Recommended maximum: 10%
11 11
15 1517 17 17 17
15 1613 14
12 12 12 12
BEVERAGES 47%* SNACKS/SWEETS 31
GRAINS 8
MIXED DISHES 6
DAIRY 4
CONDIMENTS, SPREADS, GRAVIES, DRESSINGS 2
FRUITS, FRUIT JUICES, VEGETABLES 2
*Includes soft drinks (25%), fruit drinks (11%), coffee and tea (7%) sport/ energy drinks (3%) and alcoholic beverages (1%). Does not include milk or 100% fruit juice.
AGE IN YEARS
SOURCES OF ADDED SUGARS FOR U.S. POPULATION AGES 2 AND UP:
MALE FEMALE
SEE DIET, PAGE A-5
By David TempletonPittsburgh Post-Gazette
Eating beef among recommendations
Nutritionistsstew over newdiet guidelines
With the introduction to the2015 Dietary Guidelines forAmericans topped with a photo-graph of a cooked egg and a pieceof meat, it was a safe bet that nu-tritionists would grill the U.S.Department of Agriculture aboutits recommendations. So turn upthe heat.
“I won’t mince words: In myopinion, the 2015 Dietary Guide-lines for Americans are a national
embarrassment,” said David L.Katz, a Yale University nutritionistand founder of the True Health Ini-tiative. “They are a betrayal of thediligent work of nutrition scien-tists, and a willful sacrifice of pub-lic health on the altar of profit forwell-organized special interests.This is a sad day for nutrition pol-icy in America. It is a sad day forpublic health. It is a day of shame.”
Dr. Katz said recommendationsfrom the Dietary Guideline Advi-sory Committee report in Febru-ary called for sustainable food
sources, with plant foods pre-ferred over animal-based foodsthat have an exponentially largerimpact on climate change. ButCongress edited that from the new
guidelines, which also recom-mend consumption of beef, othermeats, dairy and eggs, most of
Scoreskilledin Libya;IS eyedExplosives demolishpolice training center
SEE LIBYA, PAGE A-4
By Ghaith Shenniband Caroline Alexander
Bloomberg News
Violence in Libya deepened as abombing at a police training centerin a coastal city killed at least 50 re-cruits. At least 200 people were in-jured in the blast — some seriously— raising the possibility the deathtoll could rise.
Hours after the blast, rescuecrews at the scene were still goingthrough the wreckage, said a hos-pital spokesman, Moamar Kaddi,adding to fears that there might bedozens more dead.
The attack in Zliten was “mas-sive,” according to Said Muftah al-Himady, head of the local council,adding that given the enormity ofthe explosion a van or truck wasprobably used to carry the explo-sives. While there has been noclaim of responsibility, Al-Jazeerasaid it was likely carried out by alocal affiliate of the Islamic Stategroup, whose presence in Libyahas steadily grown since the coun-try fractured between two rival ad-ministrations in the summer of2014.
IS has been trying to gain a foot-hold in Zliten, spreading westwardfrom its central stronghold in thecity of Sirte along the NorthAfrican country’s Mediterraneancoast.
If the group was behind the
Donationsof organs setrecords insome areasLevels had beenstagnant for years
SEE DONORS, PAGE A-2
By Joe SmydoPittsburgh Post-Gazette
Parts of the country had recordlevels of organ donation last year,raising hope that a national trans-plant system with growing wait-ing lists is moving beyond thestagnant donation levels of thepast decade.
The Gift of Life Donor Program,covering Eastern Pennsylvaniaand parts of New Jersey and Dela-ware, announced Thursday that itrecovered organs from 483 donors,the most ever by one of the na-tion’s 58 organ procurement orga-nizations. Gift of Life also held theprevious national record, which itset with 447 donors in each of theprevious two years.
The United Network for OrganSharing, the nonprofit that oper-ates the transplant system, hasnot yet released the final nation-wide donor number for 2015. How-ever, data from Jan. 1 throughOct. 31 suggest that the systemwas on pace for a milestone, partlybecause Gift of Life was one of sev-eral big organ procurement orga-nizations with record numbers.
Howard M. Nathan, presidentand CEO of Gift of Life, estimatedthat the national total will be “a lit-tle over 9,000,” up from 8,596 in 2014
A soldier’sfinal service
touches many
SEE WHALEN, PAGE A-3
Matt Whalen
By Andrew GoldsteinPittsburgh Post-Gazette
With a Terrible Towel on thegurney next to one side of his headand a patch from the Army on theother, Matthew Whalen waswheeled out ofhis Texas hospi-tal room andinto the hall af-ter he was takenoff life support.
As the hospi-tal staffers rolledthe combat vet-eran out of thesmall room andaround a corner,they entered a brightly lit hallwaylined on each side by members ofthe military and medical staff, allstanding at attention, waiting forhim to go past.
“The staff here ... wanted to dosomething to honor this fallen vet-eran,” said Pam Percival, a spokes-woman for Plaza Medical Center inFort Worth.
A video of the special ceremony,
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Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesDwayne Ehmer carries an American flag Thursday as he rides his horse on the MalheurNational Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore. An armed anti-government group continues tooccupy the refuge’s headquarters in protest of the jailing of two ranchers for arson. For the fullstory, go to post-gazette.com
Lack of retailers seen as a weakness Downtown
SEE RETAIL, PAGE A-8
By Mark BelkoPittsburgh Post-Gazette
Years ago, Tom Murphy andArthur Ziegler battled tooth andnail over their respective visionsfor redeveloping the Fifth andForbes corridor Downtown. Butthese days, the two antagonistsagree on one thing: the need formore retail in the city’s core.
Although Downtown has beenteeming with new restaurants,residences, offices and hotels thepast few years, the missing ingre-dient remains retail, said Mr.Murphy, the former mayorwhose $522 million plan to revi-talize Fifth and Forbes avenuescollapsed when Nordstrombailed out.
He’ll get no argument from
Mr. Ziegler, the Pittsburgh His-tory and Landmarks Foundationpresident who has spent much ofthe past decade renovating oldbuildings Downtown and addingretail and residential.
“If you live Downtown, youdon’t want to have to leaveDowntown to do your shopping,”
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