CHINA PUSHES CONSUMERS TO LIMIT ADDED SUGAR INTAKES IN DIETS
June 1st, 2016
China’s 2016 version of the national dietary guidelines, published by China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission, for the first time includes suggestions on daily added sugar intake, which should be “no more than 50 grams”. This excludes natural sugars occurring in products such as fruit and vegetables.
Compared with the previous guidelines, which was published in 2007, the new version gives more details on healthy eating. For example, the 2007 version suggested that between 300g and 500g of vegetables should be consumer daily by adult ...
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