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Action on Sugar Who1 #371164 Action on Sugar is a group of specialists concerned with sugar and its effects on health. It is successfully working to reach a consensus with the food industry and Government over the harmful effects of a high sugar diet, and bring about a reduction in the amount of sugar in processed foods. | Action on Sugar is supported by 23 expert advisors: - Professor Graham MacGregor, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Wolfson Institute, Queen Mary University of London and Chairman Action on Sugar
- Dr Aseem Malholtra, Cardiologist and Science Director of Action on Sugar
- Professor Andrew Rugg-Gunn, Co-director of the Human Nutrition Research Centre, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
- Professor Aubrey Sheiham, Emeritus Professor of Dental Public Health, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University College London
- Professor David Haslam, Chair at National Obesity Forum
- Professor Jack Cuzick, Institute Director and Head of Centre for Cancer Prevention, Wolfson
- Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts & The London School of Medicine, London
- Professor John Wass, Professor of Endocrinology, Oxford University
- Professor Peter Sever, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London
- Professor Philip James, Public Health policy Group and International Obesity Taskforce, London
- Professor Simon Capewell, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Liverpool
- Professor Sir Nicholas Wald, Professor of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Wolfson
- Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts & The London School of Medicine, London
- Professor Timothy Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City University, London
- Dr Robert Lustig, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at University of California, San Francisco, USA
- Dr Yoni Freedhoff, Assistant professor of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada
- Dr Mike Rayner, Director of the British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
- Professor Jack Winkler, Professor of Nutrition Policy (retired), London Metropolitan University, London
- Malcolm Kane, Cambridge Food Control Ltd, Cambridge
Neville Rigby, Writer, journalist and NGO consultant, former director of policy and public affairs at the International Obesity Task Force - Tam Fry, Head spokesperson for the National Obesity Forum
- Professor Peter Whincup, Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, St George's, University of London
- Professor Richard J Johnson, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver
- Katharine Jenner, Registered Nutritionist (Public Health)
- Modi Mwatsama, Registered Nutritionist (Public Health)
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Author: Action on Sugar Cited by: David Price 8:19 PM 22 December 2014 GMT Citerank: (2) 351718Consuming too much sugarMany people are eating more sugar than they should. Current intakes of sugar for all population groups exceed recommendations set by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy (COMA) for the UK in 1991 (which recommended that, on a population basis, no more than 10% of the average total energy intake should be consumed as sugar). Energy dense diets, such as those that are high in sugar, can lead to an excess calorie intake (which, if sustained, leads to weight gain and obesity).555CD992, 399934Consuming too much sugarMany people are eating more sugar than they should. Current intakes of sugar for all population groups exceed recommendations set by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy (COMA) for the UK in 1991 (which recommended that, on a population basis, no more than 10% of the average total energy intake should be consumed as sugar). Energy dense diets, such as those that are high in sugar, can lead to an excess calorie intake (which, if sustained, leads to weight gain and obesity).555CD992 URL: |
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