Nutrition in the News – Sugar, Obesity and Diabetes

February 7, 2014

There has been a lot of attention this year regarding dietary intakes of sugar and risk of diabetes. This was typified by the Action on Sugar press release (http://www.actiononsalt.org.uk/actiononsugar/Press%20Release%20/120017.html ) which linked epidemiological projections on obesity and diabetes to suggest by 2050 the cost to the NHS of obesity to be £50 billion. This was a …