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SugarByHalf media wrap 4-10 December

Here's our regular curation of the top content about sugar we've seen this week.

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Lifestyle

“Health Foods” That Contain More Sugar Than A Box Of Chocolate Biscuits

The 'healthy' oat biscuits with TWO teaspoons of sugar!

What Doctors Want You to Know About Quitting Sugar

Some uncanny facts about canned foods

 

Health

Health experts plead to curb sugary drinks sales as Scottish children down 600,000 a day

 

Sugardemic

Nearly 4 in 10 polled favour ban on pre-packed high-sugar drinks

Sugar tax, junk food ad bans and star ratings needed to fight obesity

How other countries are tackling high sugar consumption

The US Appetite for Sugar Has Skyrocketed

 

industry

Sugary drink ban will hit school-gate vendors, too

World's Strictest Food-Label Law Has One Company Fighting Back

 

Food labels

High-sugar drinks: Ban or mandatory nutrition labels?

AMA Wants Added Sugar on Pack Fronts

Potential Impact Of New FDA Nutrition Label Requirements

 

Sugar Tax

Nationwide ban, tax on high-sugar drinks among measures proposed (Singapore)

Australia needs a sugar tax: Senate report

'Sin tax' on the anvil for cigarettes, sugary beverages

Kids' lives 'cut short' without sugar tax, warn experts

Food companies question effectiveness of sugar tax (Singapore)

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