De acuerdo con lo escuchado, ¿qué se puede afirmar sobre el consumo de azúcar en la sociedad?

It's problematic.

Explanation:

Interest in the possible link between sugar and public health is old, as evidenced by the different guidelines that have been issued on the intake of added sugar in food and, for example, caries. Thus, the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) of 1990 recommended that the intake of free sugars not exceed 10% of the total energy consumed daily. In the United States, in the year 2000, when writing the corresponding Dietary Guidelines, it was recommended that the population choose beverages and foods under the principle of moderating the intake of sugars. These recommendations were modified in 2015 by the WHO itself, highlighting the additional benefits of consuming less than 5% of energy as sugar, which, for a standard diet of 2,000 Kcal., Means around 25 g of sugar (the content of a single can of sugary soda is usually higher.)

The truth is that the population ingests greater amounts of sugar than those considered advisable, since the percentage of energy contributed by the added sugars seems to oscillate, in different population groups, between 15% and 17% of the total Kilocalories, depending of reviewed studies and countries.