Health: Obesity Debate
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Lord Avebury
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(9 years, 8 months ago)
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Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab)
My Lords, has the Minister had the chance to study this morning the reports of the research from the health campaign group Action on Sugar, which demonstrates that enormous quantities of sugar are found in so-called sports and energy drinks and that these are targeted at children in particular? One particular drink produced by a well known high street grocery—
Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Yes, Sainsbury’s. It contains up to 20 teaspoons of sugar in every can—far, far over the recommended limit.