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"Australia is now meeting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines on
sugar, which recommend keeping sugar below 10% of daily energy intake.
New data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows there is
less sugar in our diet from food and drinks than three decades ago.
In 1995, sugar – either added to foods or drinks by manufacturers, or found
naturally in honey and fruit juices – made up about 12.5% of the energy (or
kilojoules) we ate each day. This dropped to 10.9% in 2011–12 and then to 8.2%
in 2023, even though our energy intake from all food and drink was down by less
than 5%.
Importantly, we are now drinking far fewer sugary drinks than we were in the
past. This includes drinks sweetened with sugar or artificial sweeteners, or
both, such as soft drinks, cordials, fruit juices and energy drinks.
In 2011–12, around 42% of us had at least one of these drinks daily. By 2023,
this fell to under 29%.
In 1995, almost three in four children (72%) drank a sugary drink every day. By
2023, this had dropped to just one in four (25%).
So, what’s behind this trend? And will it continue? Let’s take a look at the
data."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
