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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages With Moderate Amounts of Fructose, but Not Sucrose, Induce Fatty Acid Synt...
Hochuli,M., Aeberli,I., Weiss,A., et al, (2014) J.Clin.E
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Understanding eating in the absence of hunger among young children: A systematic review of existing ...
Lansigan,R.K., Emond,J.A. and Gilbert-Diamond,D., (2015)
Portion size: what we know and what we need to know
Benton,D., (2015) Critical reviews in food science and n
Low-calorie sweeteners and body weight and composition: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled tri...
Miller,P.E. and Perez,V., (2014) Am.J.Clin.Nutr. ajcn.08
September 2015
Sugar Nutrition UK letter published in The Times and The Week
Sugar Nutrition UK statement on Jamie Oliver’s Sugar Rush Documentary
August 2015
Sugar Nutrition UK Opinion Piece in British Dental Journal – Sugar: Demonisation of a product or fair culprit?
More facts about the production of sugarMore figures on sugar production & consumption
(2011-2012)
7,827,000
Metric Tonnes
44,341,000
11,079,000
31,811,000
65,163,000
3,959,000
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No foods should be considered as ‘good or bad’ as all foods play an important role in the diet. It is only when foods are eaten in excess that health problems result.
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