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Action on Sugar calls for pre-mixed alcoholic drinks to fall under sugar tax
Pre-mixed alcoholic drinks sold in supermarkets contain up to nine teaspoons of sugar in 250ml, new research shows. Action on…
Oral health
Festive drinks contain ‘shocking’ amount of sugar
High street coffee chains are failing to reduce the sugar content of their festive drinks, a new survey shows. The…
Oral health
Call for UK ban on excessively high sugar milkshakes
The campaign group Action on Sugar is demanding a ban on freakshakes and all milkshakes sold in high street restaurants…
Oral health
Tax on sweet snacks could have a greater impact on sugar consumption
A tax on sweet snacks will have a broader impact on the amount of sugar consumed, new research has found.…
Oral health
Action on Sugar calls for 20% sugar tax on all confectionary
Action on Sugar is calling for a 20% sugar tax on all confectionary and a ban on confectionary price promotions. The calls have…
Oral health
Food industry challenged to reduce sugar in its products by 20%
Public Health England has challenged the food industry to cut sugar in its products by 20% by 2020. It has suggested that…
Oral health
Urgent review of sugar levels in breakfast cereals called for
Following a report highlighting the high levels of sugars in some breakfast cereals, the Oral Health Foundation has called for an urgent…
Oral health
Supporting the introduction of a sugar tax
fmc-stage.thinkdemo.co.uk pledges its support for the introduction of a sugar tax, says Sophie Bracken. Regardless of arguments for and against…
Dentistry
Children’s decay a ‘postcode lottery’
Children’s tooth decay is a ‘postcode lottery’, a new report has found, and therapists are calling for a health summit…
Oral health
Dental therapists pledge support for ‘anti-sugar’ campaign
The BADT has pledged its support of an anti-sugar campaign from Action on Sugar. The British Association of Dental Therapists (BADT) believes…
Oral health
Tesco’s plans for less sugar in drinks ‘a positive step’
Tesco has outlined plans to remove added sugar from its own-label children’s drinks and cut sugar levels across all of…
Dentistry
New research shows fruit drinks aren’t as good for us as we think
New research by Action on Sugar has shown over a quarter of seemingly healthy children’s fruit juices, juice drinks, smoothies surveyed…
Dentistry