SugarByHalf media wrap Nov 20-26

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

National Assembly approves sugar tax

Concerns over new sugar tax