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Friday, 27 June 2014

Britons told to halve their sugar intake to be obesity

People should halve their daily intake of sugar to combat Britain’s obesity epidemic and protect children from diabetes, heart disease and tooth decay, Government health advisors have said. In a potentially major shift to official dietary advice, experts said that free sugars – those found in sweetened drinks, fruit juice, confectionery, and added to a wide range of processed foods – should make up just five per cent of our daily energy intake. For an adult this would mean that a single can of a...

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