Schmidt spearheaded the voluntary sales ban, which took effect on July 1, 2015, yet required three years to get everybody on board. "The definition of sugar-sweetened beverages is pretty standard at this point: It's beverages with added sugars," Schmidt explained. So, with the sales ban in place on the UCSF campus, Schmidt and her SugarScience colleagues decided to design their own study. These employees returned for a physical six months after the sales ban began and once again at 12 months. Added sugar is not the same as naturally occurring sugars in fruit, vegetables or other foods that don't have ingredient lists.

Source: CNN November 06, 2016 18:22 UTC