SugarByHalf weekly media wrap 3-9 July

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

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Lifestyle

5 Healthy Foods To Satisfy Your Sugar Cravings

Seriously, Juice Is Not Healthy

Food makers tricks that up your daily sugar intake

8 BBQ Foods That Are Ridiculously High In Sugar

These are the 'healthy' smoothies that have more sugar than COCA-COLA

How to cut back your sugar consumption

5 Habits Mothers Can Follow To Reduce Obesity Risk In Children

Children eat five times more sugar during summer holidays, study finds

 

Health

Diabetes: Stress could raise your blood sugar levels

NAB, Bupa and KPMG help staff off sugar

High-Fructose Corn Syrup And Sucrose - Is There A Health Difference?

 

Sugardemic

Too Much Sugar

'Wake-up' call study shows 'alarming' increase in obesity rates

 

Industry

Scotland eyes curbs on marketing of unhealthy foods to cut obesity rates

Nutrition experts call for sugar tax and advertising restrictions 

Pacific nations ready for fight with sugar giants

Kiwi beverage industry open to taking Australia's lead in sugar reduction

 

Sugar tax

The impact of the sugar tax in Chile: A bittersweet success?

Major new study shows Chile's sugar tax has sharply reduced sales of sugary drinks

Chile sugar levy success: Could others “take heart”?

Does the Sugary Drink Tax Work? New Research Suggests it Does

Urgent need for sugary drinks tax: Health boards

DHBs: Urgent need for sugary drinks tax