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Norwegians are eating less sugar than at any time in the last forty-four years – annual consumption per person has fallen by more than 1kg a year since 2000

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  1. Sahasrahla
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    This is really great news and maybe some of what's being done in Norway could be applied elsewhere. Obesity (and excessive sugar consumption, which is part of the problem) is shaping up to be as...

    This is really great news and maybe some of what's being done in Norway could be applied elsewhere. Obesity (and excessive sugar consumption, which is part of the problem) is shaping up to be as major a problem this century as smoking was last century. Especially concerning is childhood obesity (see this 2008 Washington Post infographic) so it's nice to see that Norway's efforts are helping to tackle that as well.

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  2. krg
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    I was interested in looking at sugar consumption per capita and found this Washington Post article that has some data and this data, which seems to be conflicting with the Washington Post article....

    I was interested in looking at sugar consumption per capita and found this Washington Post article that has some data and this data, which seems to be conflicting with the Washington Post article. There's also this data source, though it's a bit harder to filter just the sugar consumption per capita and compare it by country.

    Anyway, the article just got me wondering. Besides protein content, sugar content is the next thing I look at when deciding whether or not I want to consume something. I just can't justify eating something loaded with sugar. Well, I can...but only obsessionally..and I always tend to regret it.

    Edit: Oh, I've also found this data source, though I don't know where they get their numbers from. It's from an industry website, though, so since money is involved I imagine the numbers are accurate.

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