In 2019, the action most frequently taken to limit or avoid sugar consumption among respondents in the United States was drinking water instead of caloric beverages, with approximately ** percent stating this as the action they had taken. The second and third most frequent actions were eliminating certain foods and beverages from a diet and reducing the amount of carbohydrates consumed, with ** percent and **** percent stating that they had taken these actions, respectively.
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