Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

My project is about the effects of eating too much sugar. I'm basically testing to see how much sugar we actually consume daily without even knowing. What I learned over the past few days was that people and students don't really know how much sugar they consume. I also learned that if you consume too much sugar, you will have a higher chance of having Diabetes and shortening your lifespan. For my whole experiment, I'm planning on surveying friends and family on what food products they eat daily. I would record the responses and go grocery shopping for each product. I am going to be using small packs of sugar and cups as part of my materials. I would use those materials when I look at the food labels of each food product and see how much grams of sugar are in each product. I would then put one small packet of sugar into a cup so that one pack of sugar = one gram of sugar. I would repeat the whole process for each product from each person. This is basically what my science experiment might be like. I am currently still researching to see what other causes may happen due to consuming much sugar. My only problem about this whole project is that I don't know too much of the bad causes of eating a lot much sugar. I'm hoping you could help me with my little problem. If you have any suggestions please give me feedback. I would very much appreciate it! Thank you.

~Alex

Hi Alex,
This sounds like a fun project!

One of the first place that I would suggest looking is on the science buddies site. If you use the search engine at the top of the screen using the keyword "sugar consumption," you should see a number of articles as well as project ideas and background information. Here's the link:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... onsumption

Good Luck with your experiment and please let us know if you have any other questions.
Willey

Hi Willey,
Thank you!

Your link really helped me out and I will let your know if I have any other questions!

Thank you again!