Public Health England | June 2018 | Children consume more than a year’s worth of sugar in 6 months
It may only be June, but according to figures released today by Public Health England (PHE), children in England have already consumed the equivalent of a year’s intake of sugar. PHE emphasises how children are on track to consume around 4,800 cubes of sugar by the end of the year, more than double the maximum recommendation (PHE).
Sugary soft drinks remain one of the main contributors of free sugars to children’s diets, more than ice cream and puddings combined.
The other sources of sugar in children’s diets are:
- Sugary soft drinks (including squashes, juice drinks, energy drinks, cola and other fizzy drinks) 10%
- Buns, cakes, pastries and fruit pies 10%
- Sugars, including table sugar, preserves and sweet spreads 9%
- Biscuits 9%
- Breakfast cereals 8%
- Chocolate confectionery 7%
- Sugar confectionery 7%
- Yoghurt, fromage frais and other dairy desserts 6%
- Ice cream 5%
- Puddings 4%
The full story is at PHE
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In the media:
BBC News Children in England consuming ‘twice as much sugar as recommended’
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