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This Sept. 15, 2011, photo shows the nutrition label on a can of soda with the ingredient high fructose corn syrup, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia recently passed a tax on sugary drinks and in 2016, the government recommended we limit our intake of added sugars to 10 percent of daily calories, underscoring how significant elected officials believe the problem is. But while determining exactly how much sugar we’re consuming is a complicated business, the data and industry trends indicate we’ve actually made progress in cutting back. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

This Sept. 15, 2011, photo shows the nutrition label on a can of soda with the ingredient high fructose corn syrup, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia recently passed a tax on sugary drinks and in 2016, the government recommended we limit our intake of added sugars to 10 percent of daily calories, underscoring how significant elected officials believe the problem is. But while determining exactly how much sugar we’re consuming is a complicated business, the data and industry trends indicate we’ve actually made progress in cutting back. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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