Too much sugar in the diet is known to
be one of the primary reasons for the obesity epidemic and rising rates of Type
2 diabetes.
Health officials are urging people to
halve their sugar intake to as little as five teaspoons a day to prevent
obesity levels continuing to soar.
Guidelines from scientists advising
Public Health England, the agency given the job of tackling obesity, stated
that women should have no more than five to six teaspoons of sugar a day, and
men seven to eight
A 330ml can of fizzy drink contains
around seven teaspoonfuls, so would meet this limit on its own.