2003-04-25

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Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Unsugaring the pill

Not since the World Health Organisation took on the tobacco barons has there been such an international cat fight. But the new war concerns an equally menacing public health threat. As the US surgeon general, David Warner, has warned, obesity is quickly eclipsing tobacco as the number one threat to public health in developed states. Indeed, it is no longer confined to affluent societies. Obesity is becoming a growing problem, alongside the more familiar malnutrition, in developing countries too. Over a decade on from its last comprehensive look at diet and nutrition, the WHO launched a new report yesterday setting out the science, which suggested sugar should be restricted to 10% of calories consumed.