TRICK OR TREAT? A SWEET EPIDEMIC
Jul 19, 2022
5 minutes
WORDS: © ANNA TYZACK/ANDREW CROWLEY/TELEGRAPH MEDIA GROUP LIMITED.
PHOTOS: ANDREW CROWLEY FOR THE TELEGRAPH, GETTY, NEWS LICENSING/THE SUN, NEWS LICENSING/THE TIMES
Child obesity levels are at record highs, with four in 10 children obese or overweight by the time they finish primary school. Research from University College London suggests 80% of children are eating dangerous amounts of sugar – on average 18 teaspoons of sugar a day by the age of seven, when the recommended limit is six. And a study of 1,000 children aged between two and eight by the European Centre for Obesity Management showed that overweight children’s hearts are already suffering by the age of six, putting them at a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes and liver disease. One mother decided to put her kids on a new regime…
‘I banned my children from eating sugar – this is what happened
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