Here's our regular curation of the top content about sugar we've seen this week.
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Lifestyle
Fitness blogger shows what can happen to your body when you stop yo yo dieting
Seven tips about the sugar traps unknown to most people
Health Short: Sugar-sweetened drinks are losing some allure
Are low-sugar treats an option in the land of chocolate?
Does a 3000-Calorie Thanksgiving Feast Really Hurt You?
Jane McClenaghan gives the low-down on bad sugar and good fat
Health
Sugar and cancer: A surprise connection or 50-year cover-up?
Sugar the sweet way to ill health
Energy drinks pose serious and scary health risks
Energy drinks 'cause mental health problems and kidney damage'
Energy drinks a dental concern for teens
Deadly sugar addiction – why carbs, not fats, are the problem
Sugar industry suppressed connection to heart disease for decades
Children should be banned from drinking energy drinks
Experts say eating fat may help trim your waistline
The Sugardemic
Childhood obesity costing Ireland billions
Sugar, Not Fat, Causes Weight Gain: Professor Of Medicine
Put sugar levels on the label, advocates tell Government
Are we heading for a sugar crash?
Industry
Food Companies Shouldn't Be Able To Say Sweet Nothing About Added Sugars
How the sugar industry tried to hide the health effects of its product 50 yrs ago
Controversial sugar industry study on cancer uncovered
Sugar Industry Long Downplayed Potential Harms
Sugar campaigners will protest as the Coca-Cola truck arrives in Bournemouth
Sugar tax
Bitter-sweet sugar tax debate goes on
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.
