Here's our regular curation of the top content about sugar we've seen this week.
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5 So-Called "Healthy" Foods That Are Secretly Packed With Sugar
http://www.womansday.com/health-fitness/nutrition/a57719/foods-that-have-the-most-sugar/
From ready meals to fruit juices: Secrets of a low sugar shopping trolley
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/758071/Diet-low-sugar-added-sugar-shopping-supermarket
Are Your Kids Drinking Too Much Sugar?
http://www.webmd.com/children/features/kids-are-drinking-too-much-sugar
VIDEO: School Lunch Boxes Filled with Sugar
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/01/30/20/03/school-lunchboxes-filled-with-sugar/?ocid=9newsmtw
Junk food industry shaping health policies at public's expense: study
http://www.theage.com.au/act-news/is-big-food-political-lobbying-helping-shape-health-policies-at-the-publics-expense-20170123-gtwr2e.html
Deakin study reveals the big business tactics making us fatter
http://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/media-releases/articles/deakin-study-reveals-the-big-business-tactics-making-us-fatter
RESEARCH: Generating political priority for regulatory interventions targeting obesity prevention: An Australian case study
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312645434_Generating_political_priority_for_regulatory_interventions_targeting_obesity_prevention_An_Australian_case_study?ev=prf_pub
Study shows the alarming cost of early childhood obesity
http://www.theage.com.au/national/health/study-shows-the-alarming-cost-of-early-childhood-obesity-20170122-gtwalk.html
Sugar for Breakfast leads to increased childhood obesity
http://www.drchatterjee.co.uk/blog/sugar-for-breakfast-leads-to-increased-childhood-obesity.cfm
Move over obesity, the new problem is 'overfat'
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/wellbeing/move-over-obesity-the-new-problem-is-overfat-20170117-gttea7.html
Why is Febfast tackling sugar, not just alcohol?
http://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/2017/01/31/why-febfast-tackling-sugar-not-just-alcohol
Murray Bridge council hopes to solve obesity problem
http://www.murrayvalleystandard.com.au/story/4439897/city-hopes-to-solve-obesity-problem/
78 percent of hospital workers in Houston are overweight or obese
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170127142920.htm
Secondhand sugars are the new secondhand smoke — and they’re harming children
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-need-a-war-on-secondhand-sugars/2017/01/27/1ad09020-d763-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e_story.html
Sugar isn't that different to smoking for pregnant women
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/sugar-isnt-that-different-to-smoking-for-pregnant-women-20170129-gu1444.html
We need a war on secondhand sugar
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/nutrition/we-need-a-war-on-secondhand-sugar-20170129-gu15mt.html
How Sugar Became the Great Public Health Hazard of Our Time
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/how-sugar-became-great-public-health-hazard-our-time
Is sugar the new tobacco? New book says yes
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/life/food/farm-to-table/2017/01/24/sugar-new-tobacco-new-book-says-yes/96725462/
If Sugar Is Harmless, Prove It
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/opinion/if-sugar-is-harmless-prove-it.html
What's making us fat? Inside the sugar wars
http://www.metronews.ca/views/science-says/2017/01/27/what-is-making-us-fat-the-case-against-sugar.html
Study: 30% of kids have two or more sugary drinks a day
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/26/health/sugary-drinks-children-cdc-study/
The top tips you need to cut down sugar in 2017
http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/life/health-fitness/cut-down-sugar-468781
Swimming pool kiosks a haven for unhealthy food
One pool kiosk at a time: a world first in food research
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/pool/8216528
Medical Schools Need To Teach More About Obesity And Nutrition
http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2017/01/22/medical-schools-need-to-teach-more-about-obesity-and-nutrition/#7f167d1c3ae6
Is Down Under’s DAA really in bed with big food?
http://foodmed.net/2017/01/23/daa-bed-big-food-low-fat-paleo-lchf/
DAA Talking Heads: Time for new conversation?
https://foodmed.net/2017/01/24/daa-talking-heads-time-for-new-conversation/
Coles and Woolworths' soft drink sales slump amid health fears
http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/supermarket-soft-drink-sales-slump-amid-health-fears-20170126-gtz5b4.html
Coles, Woolworths, Aldi in battle for diminishing shopper dollars
http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/coles-woolworth-aldi-in-battle-for-diminishing-shopper-dollars-20170124-gtxwgq.html
Americans were making a lot of progress cutting back on sugary drinks. Now that’s stopped.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/26/americans-were-making-a-lot-of-progress-cutting-back-on-sugary-drinks-now-thats-stopped/?utm_term=.1eea69935ed7
Singapore calls in kung fu master to fight 'sugar villains'
http://www.campaignasia.com/video/singapore-calls-in-kung-fu-master-to-fight-sugar-villains/433229
French turn off the taps on bottomless sugary drinks
http://www.theage.com.au/world/french-turn-off-the-taps-on-bottomless-sugary-drinks-20170128-gu0knn
France Bans Free Soda Refills in Attack on Obesity
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/world/europe/france-soda-refill-ban.html
Nestlé aims to boost Nesquik sales via sugar cuts
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nestle-aims-to-boost-nesquik-sales-via-sugar-cuts-2017-01-27
Nestlé Is Putting the Nesquik Bunny on a Diet
http://fortune.com/2017/01/27/nestle-nesquick-cutting-sugar/
Big Sugar and Coke Conspiracy
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/01/31/big-sugar-coke-conspiracy.aspx
30 days without sugar: Mission accomplished?
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/dubai/30-days-without-sugar-mission-accomplished
Fighting diabetes, and leading by example
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/fighting-diabetes-and-leading-by-example-20170104-gtm59p.html
How To Eat Less Added Sugar Without Hating Life
http://www.self.com/story/sarah-wilson-added-sugar-tips
30 Jan-5 Feb - Kick Sugar Summit
https://go.kicksugarsummit.com/welcome?affiliate_id=573704
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.
