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Sugar Smart: How Much Sugar Is Hiding in Your Family's Food?

Discover the risks of consuming excess sugar and how it can impact your health. Learn about added sugars and top sources of hidden sugars in children's diets. Get the FREE Change4Life sugar swap app for sugar awareness. Visit the Change4Life website for healthy eating resources.

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Sugar Smart: How Much Sugar Is Hiding in Your Family's Food?

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  1. Sugar Smart! January 2016 Children and Families

  2. Be Sugar Smart! Did you know that too much sugar in our bodies is stored as fat…? This makes us become overweight and is bad for our health. Too much sugar increases our risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, some cancers and tooth decay.

  3. How much sugar can we have…? Added sugars: These are free sugars that have been added by a food manufacturer, cook or consumer to a food and include those sugars naturally found in unsweetened fruit juice, honey and syrups.

  4. We think we don't eat much sugar - but it all adds up! The highest contributors to added sugar in the diet of 4 to 10 year olds are: 30% from drinks (including 16% from soft drinks) 29% mainly from biscuits, cakes and breakfast cereals 22% from sweets, chocolate, table sugar, jams and other sweet spreads 12% from yoghurts, fromagefrais, ice-cream, and other dairy desserts

  5. Want to know how much sugar you are eating…..? Download the new FREE Change4Life sugar swap app today!

  6. For further information and resources about healthy eating and physical activity for you and your family see the Change4Life website www.nhs.uk/change4life

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