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23 February 2017 - The Telegraph - Alzheimer's could be caused by excess sugar: new study finds 'molecular link'
21 February 2017 - DailyMail - Why IS chocolate so impossible to resist? TV doctor reveals the reasons why certain foods can make you addicted
14 February 2017 - MedicalXpress - 'Fat taxes' could save billons in healthcare costs: study
10 January 2017 - MedicalXpress - Consumption of low-calorie sweeteners jumps by 200 percent in US children
5 January 2017 - The Guardian - Is sugar the world's most popular drug?
4 January 2017 - The Guardian - Sugar is the ‘alcohol of the child’, yet we let it dominate the breakfast table
3 Jan 2017 - The Guardian - Children consume half of daily sugar quota at breakfast - study
3 January 2017 - The Guardian - No evidence sugar-free soft drinks aid weight loss – study
2 Jan 2017 - The Guardian - The Case Against Sugar review - an unsweetened attack on diet myths
22 December 2016 - The Conversation - How reliable is the Eatwell Guide, the official chart of what foods you should be eating?
18 Oct 2016 - Opinion: The revelation that Big Sugar manipulated heart disease research is not an outlier
30 September 2016 - Left Foot Forward - Is sugar the new tobacco? The industry's lobbying tactics suggest so
29 September 2016 - UK Government Policy Paper - Childhood obesity plan: PHE's role in implementation
27 September 2016 - The Conversation - Case against soft drink levy is sugar coated
12 Sep 2016 - MedXpress - Historical analysis examines sugar industry role in heart disease research
24th August 2016 - Journal of Family Health - Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Inaction
19 August 2016 - The Conversation - Childhood obesity plan forgets about babies and toddlers
18 August 2016 - BBC News - Childhood obesity: Plan attacked as 'weak' and 'watered down'
12 July 2016 - Food Navigator - Put the sugar tax on hold after Brexit, says FDF
Mother's high-fructose diet may lead to foetal metabolic disorders: Study
Excess sugar consumption ‘similar to cocaine addiction', says study
22 March 2016 - The Conversation - What the world can learn from Mexico’s tax on sugar-sweetened drinks
1 Dec 2015 - Foodnavigator - Sugar addiction much harder to address than salt
Robert Lustig: the man who believes sugar is poison
20 May 2015 - The Conversation - How eating different brands of the same food could be encouraging you to eat more
11 May 2015 - BBC iWonder - Can food improve your exam performance?
Researchers examine how the brain and body respond to glucose and fructose
28 April 2015 - BBC News - 'Two phases' of childhood obesity suggested
19 April 2015 - Medical Daily - Sugar Provides Better Stress Relief Than Aspartame; Why We Eat Junk Food When We're Stressed
10 April 2015 - Cambridge Journals Blog - Sweetened fruit drinks could be linked to childhood asthma
01 April 2015 - ScienceDaily - Dangers of adolescent energy drink consumption for the heart: Cardiologists urge physicians, parents, educators to monitor adolescents' energy drink consumption more closely
25 March 2015 - MedicalXpress - Children and energy drinks comprise a growing public health crisis
19 March 2015 - BBC ONE - The Truth About Sugar
13 March 2015 - EurekAlert - Energy drinks raise resting blood pressure
12 March 2015 - The Guardian - Tax on sugary drinks could save NHS £15m a year, claims study
10 March 2015 - EurekAlert - 'Sugar papers' reveal industry role in 1970s dental program
02 March 2015 - MedicalXpress - Soft drink tax could improve health of the nation
26 February 2015 - BBC News - Energy drinks 'should be banned' for under-16s
26 February 2015 - Foodnavigator - UK sugar industry sales drop by 14%
Want pizza, chocolate, French fries? Highly processed foods linked to addictive eating
18 Feb 2015 - The Conversation - Here’s what happens to your brain when you give up sugar for Lent
Cereal offenders: why do sugar levels keep rising in our breakfast choices?
16 February 2015 - FoodAct!ve - New campaign takes the fight to sugary drinks companies
13 February 2015 - MNT - Healthy diet, exercise 'not enough to treat obesity,' say experts
12 February 2015 - BBC News - Row over sugar firms' links to scientists
Sugar: spinning a web of influence
09 February 2015 - ScienceDaily - Energy drinks significantly increase hyperactivity in schoolchildren, study finds
02 February 2015 - American Academy of Pediatrics - Many Pre-Packaged Toddler Meals and Snack Foods Contain Too Much Salt or Sugar
29 January 2015 - Medical News Today - Added fructose is a principal driver of type 2 diabetes
28 January 2015 - The Independent - These are the most sugar-packed cereals aimed at your children