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Please can someone tell me how many grams of sugar should a 15 year old boy daily?

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Dr. Oscar Novick answered

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Sugar: Ideally as a teen ager you should have 0 grams of sugar daily.

Dr Husar agreed

Answered 3/14/2014

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