Marketed fruit waters can contain just as much sugar as fizzy drinks

Andrea Mara hears how marketed fruit waters can contain as much sugar as cola and other fizzy drinks, and why the Super Troopers health programme is delivering results.  

Many parents feel bombarded with messages about their children’s health — they’re overweight, they’re spending too much time on devices, and they’re eating all the wrong foods.

Even when we listen and try to do our best, we can still get it wrong — as soon as we get them eating a particular breakfast cereal or yoghurt, we find out it’s full of sugar and the last thing we should be feeding our kids.