Limiting free sugars intake

Dental caries is one of the most prevalent noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and is the most expensive to treat, costing 5% to 10% of national healthcare budgets. As a result, prevention is more appropriate and cost-effective. One approach to prevention is the control of dietary free sugars. The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a Guideline on Sugars Intake for Adults and Children in 2015 that strongly recommends the intake of free sugars be limited in both children and adults. Specifically, the guideline recommends that the intake of free sugars should be less than 10% of total energy intake, with an eventual further reduction to less than 5%.
Source: Dental Abstracts - Category: Dentistry Tags: The Big Picture Source Type: research