Liberalising agricultural policy for sugar in Europe risks damaging public health.
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Concerns about the health effects of dietary sugars have recently taken centre stage, reflecting an emerging understanding of the importance of sugars, and particularly sugary drinks, in the development of obesity and diabetes.1-4 Recent research estimates consumption of sugar sweetened beverages will cause about 80,000 excess cases of type 2 diabetes in the UK over 10 years. In early 2015, the World Health Organization recommended intake of free sugars should be less than 10% of daily calories, and preferably below 5%. In July, the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition halved its recommendation for free sugars to no more than 5% of daily calories
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Agriculture, Carbohydrates, Europe, Humans, Policy Making, Public Health
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theBMJ
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0959-8146
1756-1833
1756-1833
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351
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BMJ
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Economic and Social Research Council (ES/G007462/1)
Medical Research Council (MR/K023187/1)
Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12015/6)
Wellcome Trust (087636/Z/08/Z)
Wellcome Trust (103394/Z/13/Z)
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) (BRC 2012-2017)
Medical Research Council (MR/K023187/1)
Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12015/6)
Wellcome Trust (087636/Z/08/Z)
Wellcome Trust (103394/Z/13/Z)
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) (BRC 2012-2017)
This work was undertaken by the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR, MR/K023187/1), a UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence. Funding from the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, the National Institute for Health Research, and the Wellcome Trust, under the auspices of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration, is gratefully acknowledged. EKA was also supported by Fulbright-Schuman grant and a Harvard Knox Fellowship from Harvard University.