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)
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.
