Study: Kids in U.S. decrease sugar intake  3:22 PM, Jun 3, 2013
  |    comments   • Share   • Print   • - A A A +  PRIOR LAKE,
Minn. - Is America finally kicking the sugar habit?  New
research out on Monday shows that kids are taking in less sugar.
Kelli Schulte, of Prior Lake, says it can be done. When it comes
to lunch at her house, there is no pop, juice or cookies on the
menu.  "It has been a real journey for us," Schulte said.  What
was initially an effort to reduce health issues for her oldest
daughter, Schulte has eliminated most sugars from her family's
diet and she says her five kids are all healthier for it.  "I
feel the key to our success has just been teaching them along
the way," Schulte said. "So like teaching them what does sugar
actually do to your body and why don't I want them to have
that."  A new study done for USA Today by NPD Group shows that
kids in the U.S. are eating fewer sugary sweets than they did 15
years ago.  The study looked at the 20 most common sugary foods
and found that ov