date:Jun 10, 2014
antities of sugar, in turn feeding into an obesity epidemic and rapid increase in diabetes.
The same risks exist here where the intake is well above WHO recommendations, said Dr Cliona Foley Nolan, director of human health and nutrition at Safe Food, the food safety promotion board.
Added sugar should be no more than 11% of daily calorific intake but all age categories in Britain exceed this, noted the report. Under-10s got 14.7 per cent of their calories from added sugar, while 11 to 18s reac