World Health Organisation cuts own sugar advice in half

Newly-confirmed guidelines that recommend people cut their sugar intake in half are hard to meet and would not stop people from becoming obese, a leading nutritionist has said.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) released its final guidelines today, which state that although sugars should make up less than 10% of total energy intake per day for adults and children – which is already its advice – slashing this to below 5% “would provide additional health benefits”.