Children in England ‘still exceeding recommended sugar intake’

Children aged four to ten years are consuming more than double the recommended amount of sugar, according to new data from Public Health England.

The latest National Diet and Nutrition Survey from the government agency has revealed that sugar makes up 13 percent of children's daily calorie intake, much higher than the five percent guideline. 

This figure stands at 15 percent for teenagers and 12 percent for adults, though it was noted that consumption of sugary drinks among children has fallen from 100 ml daily between 2012 to 2014, compared to 130 ml per day between 2008 and 2010.

It was also shown that the UK population continues to consume too much saturated fat and not enough fruit, vegetables and fibre, with only 27 percent of adults, 35 percent of older adults and eight percent of 11 to 18-year-olds meeting the five-a-day recommendation.

Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said: "This data provides compelling evidence that we all need to eat more fruit, veg, fibre and oily fish and cut back on sugar, salt and saturated fat to improve our health."

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