The World Health Organization has issued draft guidelines calling for a reduction of daily sugar intake to 5% of total daily calories in order to tackle public health problems, such as obesity and tooth decay.
In recent years, there has been increasing concern regarding the consumption of "free" sugars. These are defined as sugars that are added to foods by manufacturers - such as glucose, fructose and sucrose - and sugars that are naturally present in fruit juices, fruit concentrates, syrups and honey.
The World Health Organization (WHO) say there is a worry that consumption of free sugars may cause people to eat fewer foods that contain "nutritionally adequate calories" and increase total daily calorie intake.
In the US, consumption of sugary drinks is high. Data from a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey show that 50% of the population consume sugary drinks on any given day, while 5% consume at least 567 kcal from sugary drinks on any given day - the equivalent to four cans of cola.
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