This is our regular curation of the top content about sugar we've seen this week.
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Big Sugar’s Secret Ally? Nutritionists
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/opinion/sunday/big-sugars-secret-ally-nutritionists.html
David Gillespie on quitting sugar being a fad diet: "The next time you hear a dietician banging on about 'fad diets' remember two things. First, sugar is not a food group and you may safely remove it forever (and do yourself a significant favour)." http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/david-gillespie/if-quitting-sugar-is-a-fad-so-is-going-vego/
Peter FitzSimons: “Why you don’t need to be a bloody scientist to know sugar is bad for you.”
https://iquitsugar.com/peter-fitzsimons-dont-need-bloody-scientist-know-sugar-bad/
Seven things in food to stay livid about in 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jan/12/7-things-to-stay-livid-about-in-2017-jay-rayner?CMP=fb_gu
The Limits of Sugar Guidelines - Nina Teicholz asks is there a danger in governments offering too-specific advice on sugar consumption?
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/01/the-limits-of-sugar-guidelines/512045/
Is sugar killing us? Author Gary Taubes makes his case
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-january-16-2017-1.3934687/is-sugar-killing-us-author-gary-taubes-makes-his-case-1.3934689
Here's How Americans Ended Up Eating Too Much Sugar
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/sugar-gary-taube_us_587e9917e4b01cdc64c859ff
Eat your danish before you read ‘The Case Against Sugar’
http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/books/article127263569.html
Author Gary Taubes Argues “The Case Against Sugar”
http://www.craveonline.com.au/culture/1194551-gary-taubes-the-case-against-sugar
The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes — sweet little lies
https://www.ft.com/content/354a0396-d993-11e6-944b-e7eb37a6aa8e
Column: The case against sugar
http://www.tampabay.com/news/perspective/column-the-case-against-sugar/2310350
One More 'Case Against Sugar'
http://wkyufm.org/post/one-more-case-against-sugar#stream/0
The decile 1 school that quit sugar and improved its pupils' teeth
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/teach-me/88301316/the-decile-1-school-that-quit-sugar-and-improved-its-students-teeth
How we ‘fixed’ our diabetic dad – and saved his life
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jan/14/fixing-dad-documentary-diabetes-low-carbohydrat
Sweetness and blight: the mounting case against sugar
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/16/case-against-sugar-sweetness-and-blight-rachel-cooke
Too Much Sugar Could Be Changing Our Genes, Shortening Life Span
http://www.vocativ.com/391439/sugar-genes-shortening-life-span/
Your 2017 Guide to Cutting Back on Sugar
http://www.popsugar.com.au/fitness/Tips-Cutting-Back-Sugar-43009101
Experts Call For Sugar to Be Treated As a Drug
http://bigthink.com/21st-century-spirituality/how-much-sugar-is-too-much
5 ways sugar could kill you
http://nypost.com/2017/01/11/5-ways-sugar-could-kill-you/
Two-thirds of packaged foods sold in Canada have added sugar: study
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/two-thirds-of-packaged-foods-sold-in-canada-have-added-sugar-study-1.3238315?hootPostID=aab65c5aa5570328b46fed0f34e17f21
I used to blame fat people. Now I blame obesity on sugar industry propaganda
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/i-used-to-blame-fat-people-now-i-blame-obesity-on-sugar-industry-propaganda-20170119-gtuf5t
Obesity-Linked Diagnoses On The Rise Among Kids And Teens
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/12/509374443/obesity-linked-diagnoses-on-the-rise-among-kids-and-teens
In-home interventions planned for obese Aussie kids
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/inhome-interventions-planned-for-obese-aussie-kids/news-story/8b963d9803b560912f9c2462e532fb00
Obesity crisis can’t be ignored so let’s start talking before it’s too late
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/obesity-crisis-cant-be-ignored-so-lets-start-talking-before-its-too-late/news-story/a86060f3f0d387b623b0d6f820652671
The Most Popular Theory About What Causes Obesity May Be Very Wrong
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/01/one-theory-might-be-ruining-our-fight-against-obesity
Criticising your children for their 'puppy fat' makes them more likely to be obese as an adult
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4124940/Criticising-children-puppy-fat-makes-likely-obese-adult.html
In the Shopping Cart of a Food Stamp Household: Lots of Soda
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/well/eat/food-stamp-snap-soda.html?hp
There's a scary amount of sugar in our favourite breakfast cereals
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/nestle-kelloggs-crunchy-nut-frosties-cocopops-health-diet-processed-sugar-health-uk-popular-breakfast-cereals-2017-1?r=US&IR=T
Kids Are Eating Nearly 200% More Fake Sugar
http://time.com/4630065/kids-artificial-sugar-sweeteners/?xid=tcoshare
Deconstructed Nutella: nuts, cocoa – and 58% sugar
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2017/jan/20/is-nutella-really-that-bad-for-you
Co-op to remove sweets from checkouts in battle against childhood obesity
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/co-op-remove-sweets-checkouts-12458038
Is sugar the new smoking?
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/is-sugar-the-new-smoking-1.2943028
Thousands of Skittles end up on an icy road. But that's not the surprising part
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/19/health/spilled-skittles-road-trnd/index.html?sr=twCNN012017spilled-skittles-road-trnd0632AMVODtopPhoto&linkId=33587114
Why are we feeding cows Skittles?
http://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/blogs/why-are-we-feeding-cows-skittles
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How does sugar compare to tobacco? A teaspoon of sugar or one cigarette will not harm you. But over time, the habit can be fatal. Unlike Big Tobacco, Big Sugar deliberately targets children. And added sugar has become so pervasive within the food environment that we can't avoid it even if we wanted to.
