I forbade my children to eat sugar - that's what happened next
Sugar is a sticky topic on school doors - which is why I keep my kids away from other parents' biscuit or mini-chocolate bars after school. There is a lot of judgment around what we feed our children. Rice cakes and hummus are healthy , I know, but I think if they eat a healthy dinner it won't hurt. Everything in moderation, of course? Still, according to new research from University College London, which shows that 80% of children are eating dangerous amounts of sugar - up to 18 teaspoons of sugar daily by the age of seven, when the recommended limit is six - I wonder if I'm too moderate. The statistics are really alarming: Children's obesity levels are at record highs, with 4 out of 10 children being obese or overweight by the time they finish primary school. A study of 1,000 children between the ages of two and eight by the European Center for Obesity Management found that overweight children develop heart disease as early as the age of six, leading to heart failure....