Here's our regular curation of the top content about sugar we've seen this week.
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Lifestyle
Why You Should Make This One New Year's Resolution, and Stick to It
Don't get 'hangry' – know your good-mood foods
3 Major Signs You're Eating Too Much Sugar
Health
Consumer calls out NZ's most misleading 'health' foods
Avert Sugar Before it Stalls Your Health
Study highlights overlooked impact of sugar-sweetened beverages
Sugardemic
Forecast predicts over half of US children will be obese by age 35
Children 'bombarded by junk food' ads on family shows
Junk food advertisements should be banned before 9pm
Industry
Kellogg's to cut sugar in kids' cereals by up to 40%
HSE welcomes Kellogg's cutting sugar level in cereal
The real reason that Kellogg's claims Frosties is an “adult cereal”
Has the sugar industry been suppressing health research data?
'Low-sugar' Coco Pops still has two teaspoons per bowl
Health chief hits out at Coca-Cola truck tour of 'tooth decay and obesity hot spots'
Holidays AREN'T coming! Health chiefs want to BAN the Coca-Cola bus
Supermarkets making inroads to sugar, salt reduction in own brands
Sugar tax
South Africa moves one step closer to a sugar tax
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.
