Govt: UK 'needs to consume less sugar'
The UK "needs to consumer less sugar" and the Department of Health "eagerly awaits" advice from health and nutrition experts due to be published later this month, before it decides which measures to take.
A Department of Health spokeswoman explained:
– A Department of Health spokeswomanAs a nation, we need to consume less sugar. We are working with the food and drinks industry to reduce the amount of sugar in products and make healthier alternatives available.
And we are the first country in Europe to recommend simple voluntary front-of-pack labelling - this will make it easier for us to know how much sugar we are consuming.
We eagerly await the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition's independent report, to be published later this month, which will make recommendations around sugar consumption.
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