Experts propose halving sugar intake

The amount of sugar people have in their daily diets could to be halved under drastic new “political dynamite” measures proposed by global health experts.

The move, which could force Government to choose between medical advice and food industry-linked economic needs, is outlined in leaked draft plans by the UN-linked World Health Organisation.

Details revealed at the weekend said a high-level committee within the Who, the Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group, agreed in recent weeks to the “reduction of free sugars intake to 5% or less of total energy” — the equivalent of just five teaspoons a day.