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Cut sugar consumption by half: WHO [1]

‘5% Of Total Calorie Intake, Which Is Around 6 Teaspoons A Day, Should Be Target’

The World Health Organization has recommended that sugar intake be reduced globally. Recommended levels of sugar should stay below 10% of total calorie intake a day but below 5% should be the target, the WHO said.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2014
Kounteya Sinha [2]
Times Of India (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
WHO [4], Obesity [5], Children [6], Health Effects [7], Child Health [8], United Kingdom (UK) [9], Health [10]

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