date:Mar 28, 2016
Research has revealed that 'healthy' fruit juices, smoothies and fruit drinks marketed to children and their parents contain unacceptably high levels of sugar, often as much in one small carton or bottle as a child should consume in a day, reports UK newspaper the Guardian.
The paper published in the journal BMJ Open comes in the wake of the chancellor George Osbornes announcement of a tax on sugary soft drinks but fruit juices and smoothies are exempt. The researchers say tough action is need