Children in Germany are eating more and more sugary foods, and have quickly exceeded the yearly amount recommended by nutrition experts, the Berlin-based group Foodwatch said on Monday. The consumer advocacy organization named August 12 “Sugar Overshoot Day,” after calculating how much sugar kids in Germany consume and comparing it to guidelines issued by the World Health Organization, the German Nutrition Society and the German Diabetes Society. The data stems from a 2016 study in Dortmund that analyzed the nutritional habits of 1,000 children in Germany aged between 3 and 18. The study found that kids were consuming 63% more sugar than what was recommended. Foodwatch also determined that adult men in Germany reach “Sugar Overshoot Day” on September 20 while adult women reach it on October 8. Watch video 01:13 Share Should Germany tax sugar? Send Facebook Twitter google+ Whatsapp Tumblr linkedin stumble Digg reddit Newsvine Permalink https://p.dw.com/p/2vXtA Should Germany introduce a sugar tax? Urging action on high-sugar food Foodwatch said that the food industry shoulders much of the blame for perpetuating the issue and has urged the German government to step in. “Of course it isn’t a problem if children eat sweets,” Foodwatch expert Oliver Huizinga emphasized. The… Read full this story
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