Teenagers, aged between 11 and 18, drink almost a bathtub full of sugary drinks on average a year, claim researchers. The figures, calculated from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey data, shed light on the extreme sugar consumption of UK teenagers and children. Worryingly, four to 10-year-olds are drinking the equivalent of almost half a bathtub full of sugary drinks each year. Adults and young children consume twice the maximum recommended amount of added sugar.
And 11 to 18-year-olds eat and drink three times the recommended limit, with sugary drinks being their main source of added sugar. Obese children are around five times more likely to grow into obese adults, and carrying too much weight increases the risk of cancer as well as other diseases. A recent Cancer Research UK report showed that a 20p per litre sugar tax could prevent 3.7 million cases of obesity over the next…
