Sugar Rush: Global Diet Gets Sweeter in Developing Countries

There is something new that we have the developing countries that try to imitate the West for decades, and in all possible ways - the right choice of lifestyle on eating habits. Do not be the only love French fries and hamburgers, or find some little excuse not to dig on our plates But what you need to remember is that everything comes with consequences.



According to an international team of researchers, global nutrition becomes sweeter especially when it comes to beverages warns that added sugars of all kinds grow in the diet of people living in developing countries.On contrast, many high-income countries, only one of the highest Sugar consumers are beginning to see a small decrease in consumption.Sugar sugar consumption is growing faster in countries with low and middle incomes in Latin America, Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Oceania, 'the authors wrote in the journal The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal.The four regions with the highest current consumption Latin America, North America, Australia and western Europe, even if the input begins to fall in the other three, 'the investigation has shown noted.Previous that the consumption of food and beverages with added caloric sweeteners associated with an increased risk of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and stroke.The added sugar comes from hundreds of different versions of sugar, which have the same effect on health ' says Professor Barry M Popkin of the University of North Carolina. He warns that in the absence of intervention, the rest of the world is moving towards similar dailiness of added sugar to all prepacked foods and drinks supply.After analyzed dietary data sets from around the world, the authors found that the trend of Sales sugar -sweetened drinks worldwide increased compared ofcalories sold per person per day, and sales per person per day. Due to the serious health risks associated with consumption of caloric sweeteners added, the World Health Organization (WHO) is to promote a major initiative to reduce intake.Many governments have already implemented policies for this purpose, including taxation, reducing the availability of schools, restrictions on the marketing of fresh food for children, awareness campaigns and the front of the packaging labelling.While latest data show that many countries that consume high levels of sugary drinks and other countries lower intake seen sharp increases, the authors found that consumption appears to be declining in countries with respect to taxes on those products, such as Mexico, Finland, Hungary and France.The not only the sugar tax assessed, and new traffic control and on the front of pack labeling is significant and one of the following limits, 'he said