Poll: Should health warnings be placed on sugary drinks?
Days after Tesco announced it is to remove sweets and chocolate from checkouts, a new report is expected to call for health warnings to be added to sugary drinks.
The idea is to try to make sugar-packed drinks as socially unacceptable as cigarettes and highlight the contribution of fizzy drinks to obesity, diabetes and tooth decay.
A third of children and two-thirds of adults are now said regarded as overweight or obese in the UK.
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A recent European study showed that adults who drank more than one can of sugary fizzy drinks a day have a 22% higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes than those who drank less than a can a month.
Research from the University of Glasgow earlier this year showed that people underestimate sugar levels in drinks which are perceived to be ''healthy'' options.
More than 2,000 people across the UK were asked to estimate how many teaspoons of sugar were in a variety of beverages.
While many overestimated the amount in fizzy drinks, they ''significantly misjudged'' the levels in milkshakes, smoothies and some fruit juices.
