Here's our regular curation of the top content about sugar we've seen this week.
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Lifestyle
Giving up sugar? Don't swap it for a cheese triangle
Five 'health foods' that are not as healthy as you think
Advent calendars: Christmas treat or sugar overload?
Health
Cancer cells' use of sugar holds the key to their destruction
NHS spent £40 million removing children's teeth rotted by sugar
45000 hospital ops to remove children's teeth last year
Sugary drinks pose greater diabetes risk than other fructose-containing foods
Decisive action needed to fight diabetes, says Gan Kim Yong
75 children had ALL their teeth removed last year after sugar addiction ...
NOTHING BUT THE TOOTH: How sugar causes tooth decay
Sugardemic
Only 12 percent of American adults are metabolically healthy, study finds
Number of overweight new mothers 'deeply concerning'
Industry
Kellogg's to introduce 'traffic light' labels on most UK cereal packaging
Sugar industry's fight against tax takes tips from tobacco's playbook
How the Food Industry Uses Big Tobacco Tactics to Manipulate the Public
Labels
Nutri-Grain's 4-star health rating could be decimated under new plans
Sugar Tax
Protests as Sri Lanka cuts tax on sugary drinks
Canadian government should tax a sweet tooth
Quiet Casualty of Sri Lanka's Political Crisis: A Sugar Tax
The skinny on sugar: Taxing soft drinks won't reduce obesity, study finds
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.
