Here's our regular curation of the top content about sugar we've seen this week.
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Lifestyle
You should check how much sugar your 'healthy' yogurt really has
Children's yoghurts contain 'shocking' amounts of sugar, study finds
Don't Let Them Eat Cake: Bosses Sugar-Shame Office Treats
The truth about the sugar content of 'no added sugar' smoothies
Health
How Do Energy Drinks Affect Your Health?
Dentists want puddings taken off school lunch menus
Diabetes? Sugar is detrimental to bone health as well
Time to ban the sale of energy drinks to children, says senior doctor
Is Sugar Bad For Your Memory? Your Mom Was Right About The Stuff ...
Why gum disease can affect so much more than your oral health
Sugardemic
Pregnancy weight gain 'going unmeasured'
30 million Americans now have diabetes
Obesity to eclipse smoking as biggest cause of cancer in UK women
6 ideas for curbing our obesity epidemic
Industry
Supermarket yogurts contain more sugar than Coke, study warns
Labels
Peeling back the label: UK study explores the “real” ingredients in processed foods
Sugar tax
Sugary drinks tax nets almost R800-million
Beverage producers' survey finds 'clear majority' of Swiss oppose a sugar tax
Sugar tax boosts business at sweeteners maker PureCircle
Philadelphia Soda Tax Cut Sugar Intake by African-American Youth
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.
