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  • Two-thirds of packaged foods in Canada are full of added sugar: Canadian study

    Source: http://globalnews.ca/news/3175339/mo...anadian-study/

    January 12, 2017 12:02 pm
    Updated: January 12, 2017 5:32 pm
    Two-thirds of packaged foods in Canada are full of added sugar: Canadian study
    By Carmen Chai, Allison Vuchnich and Veronica Tang Global News

    It?s in baby food, yogurt, pasta sauce, and other food stashed in your kitchen ? added sugar is lurking in more than two-thirds of pre-made food on grocery store shelves, according to a new Canadian study.

    Sixty-six per cent of packaged food contains added sugar, scientists out of Public Health Ontario and the University of Waterloo suggest. They figured this out after poring over the nutritional data from a Canadian grocery store chain of more than 40,000 commonly available food.

    ?Added sugar is a bigger and bigger health problem in Canada. Right now, Canadian kids consume around 33 tablespoons of sugar, so that?s about 33 cubes of sugar a day,? the study?s lead author, Dr. David Hammond, told Global News. Hammond is a University of Waterloo professor at the School of Public Health...
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