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Health experts call for clamp down on 'hidden sugars' in food

A group of health experts want more to be done to make the public aware of how much extra sugar is in their food. Action on Sugar want to help consumers avoid products 'full of hidden sugars' and encourage manufacturers to reduce the ingredient.

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Govt obesity scheme has 'no effect on calorie intake'

Health experts have hit out at Government attempts to reduce obesity as the Department of Health Responsibility Deal "has been shown to have no effect on calorie intake".

Action on Sugar chairman, Graham MacGregor, a professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, said:

The present Government and Department of Health Responsibility Deal has been shown to have had no effect on calorie intake and we must start a coherent and structured plan to slowly reduce the amount of calories people consume by slowly taking out added sugar from foods and soft drinks."

– Graham MacGregor, AUS Chairman

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