Here's our regular curation of the top content about sugar we've seen this week.
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Lifestyle
5 Fast Food Picks That Pack an Entire Day's Worth Of Sugar
Should NZ follow the UK and ban sale of energy drinks to under-16s?
15 gram method: The simple sugar rule that helped me drop weight
Health
The Startling Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer's
Diabetes linked to long-term cognitive decline, new research suggests
How sugar in fruit affects your health, weight
The Case Against Juice Is Stronger Than Ever
The sugary truth about hospital drinks
Dentists get their teeth stuck into campaign to reduce sugary drinks
The Sugardemic
Tooth decay crisis: Dentists plead with parents to reduce children's sugar intake
The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes review
Incoherent policies on sugar and alcohol
Child tooth decay crisis blamed on school lunch boxes
Join the dots: Sugar and plastic legacies
Industry
What are 'energy drinks' and should they be banned?
Sugar tax on soft drinks may increase alcohol consumption
The bags of chocolate that contain FOUR DAYS worth of sugar
Retailers urged to follow Aldi sale controls on energy drinks
Lobbyists take aim at health claims on high sugar products
Tesco to stop selling energy drinks to under-16s
Sugar tax
Think tank's weight of opinion decries tax on sugar
Voluntary reformulation plan puts Lithuanian sugar tax on hold
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.
