Editing Sugar (section)

=== Nutritional displacement ===

The "[[empty calories]]" argument states that a diet high in [[Added sugar|added]] (or 'free') sugars will reduce consumption of foods that contain [[essential nutrient]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Marriott BP, Olsho L, Hadden L, Connor P |title=Intake of added sugars and selected nutrients in the United States, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003–2006 |journal=Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=228–58 |year=2010 |pmid=20301013 |doi=10.1080/10408391003626223 |s2cid=205689533 }}</ref> This nutrient displacement occurs if sugar makes up more than 25% of daily energy intake,<ref name="dietary_reference">{{cite book |title=Dietary reference intakes for energy, carbohydrate, fiber, fat, fatty acids, cholesterol, protein, and amino acids |author1=Panel on Macronutrients |author2=Panel on the Definition of Dietary Fiber |author3=Subcommittee on Upper Reference Levels of Nutrients |author4=Subcommittee on Interpretation and Uses of Dietary Reference Intakes |author5=the Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes |author6=Food and Nutrition Board |author7=[[Institute of Medicine]] of the [[National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine]]  |author8-link=National Research Council (United States) |author8=National Research Council |date=2005 |publisher=National Academies Press |location=Washington, DC |isbn=978-0-309-08525-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780309085250 |access-date=4 December 2018 |quote=Although there were insufficient data to set a UL [Tolerable Upper Intake Levels] for added sugars, a maximal intake level of 25 percent or less of energy is suggested to prevent the displacement of foods that are major sources of essential micronutrients }}</ref> a proportion associated with poor diet quality and risk of obesity.<ref name="2015_WHO_guidelines">{{cite report |title=Guideline. Sugars intake for adults and children. |author=World Health Organization |date=2015 |publisher=WHO Press |location=Geneva |isbn=978-92-4-154902-8 |url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/149782/9789241549028_eng.pdf}}</ref> Displacement may occur at lower levels of consumption.<ref name="dietary_reference"/>