Sugar
The latest news, analysis and comment on sugar, its nutritional impact and obesity-related campaigns, such as the 'sugar tax'
Sugary UK children’s yoghurts named and shamed by researchers
‘Barely more than a pile of sugar’: Australian consumer group finds toddlers’ snacks lacking
Steven Poole's word of the week
Sugar-tax goes sour: why does the word ‘nanny’ terrify Tories?The response to the National Food Strategy included a fresh round of rightwing ‘nanny state’ denunciations. So what’s behind the phrase?
Boris Johnson appears to rule out sugar and salt tax to tackle junk food reliance
PM’s dismissal of plan despite ‘war on obesity’ will dismay authors of report on improving UK eating habits
School meals, cooking culture and farm tech: key points of the food strategy
Notes on chocolate
Sugar-free bars that pack a creamy punchThe Audio Long Read
Is sugar the world’s most popular drug? – podcast
Sugary drinks may raise bowel cancer risk, claims major US study
Analysis of more than 95,000 women under 50 suggests link between heavy consumption and the disease
Tate & Lyle in talks to sell sweeteners division in move to healthier food
Company sold its sugar business, home to Lyle’s Golden Syrup, in 2010
Romesh Ranganathan’s midlife crisis
The Day Of Six Doughnuts has led me to take drastic action: bye bye, sugarMore than half of snacks marketed as healthy are high in fat, salt or sugar
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Sarah Wilson on how the wellness community fell prey to conspiracies'It has cost me 14 teeth': Readers on soft drink addiction – and how to beat it
Unhealthy snacks to be banned from checkouts at supermarkets in England
No 10 also plans to stop multi-buy offers on foodstuffs high in sugar and fat from 2022 to tackle obesity crisis
What is England's sugar target and why has the food industry missed it?
Only 3% sugar cut out from food products in three years, PHE finds
The Audio Long Read
From the archives: The sugar conspiracy – podcastEngland will miss 2030 target to halve childhood obesity, says report
Mexico state bans sale of sugary drinks and junk food to children
Oaxaca brings in measures after obesity crisis is highlighted by high death toll during coronavirus pandemic
UK food tsar Henry Dimbleby: 'I have a bugbear about Percy Pigs'
Co-founder of Leon thinks so-called ‘natural’ sweets are misleading over sugar content
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