[BITList] Sugar Facts

[Michael Feltham]

Sugar facts
High sugar consumption causes not only obesity and tooth decay but is linked to type two diabetes, heart disease, chronic fatigue and cancer.

A can of Coca-Cola or Pepsi contains the equivalent of nine teaspoonfuls of sugar. Most supermarket-brand carbonated drinks have between nine and 13 teaspoonfuls.

One in five breakfast cereals now contains more sugar than three years ago, and some are 18% sweeter.

The UK consumes around 2.25m tonnes of sugar each year, 75% of which is sold direct to the food industry. Since 1990, consumption of sugar in Britain has increased by a third.

There are 30% more obese people in the world than undernourished people. In 2011, there were 366m diabetics in the world, more than double the number in 1980. In the US, this figure could be as high as 33% by 2030.

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