Sugar content in breakfast cereals and yogurts: the Portuguese market baseline in order to design and promote healthy eating

Introduction Scientific studies have related excessive sugar intake to chronic diseases, such as diabetes and obesity, leading several European countries, namely Nordic, United Kingdom and Ireland, to the development of initiatives towards public health. Portugal has defined an integrated strategy t...

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Autor principal: Vargues, Andreia Lopes (author)
Outros Autores: Dias, Maria da Graça (author), Fernandes, Paulo (author), Brazão, Roberto (author), Calhau, Maria Antónia (author)
Formato: conferenceObject
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2019
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/6025
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/6025
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Resumo:Introduction Scientific studies have related excessive sugar intake to chronic diseases, such as diabetes and obesity, leading several European countries, namely Nordic, United Kingdom and Ireland, to the development of initiatives towards public health. Portugal has defined an integrated strategy that encourages healthy eating (EIPAS) and aims for a major reduction of sugar intake. To accomplish this, monitoring sugar content in food is required. Objectives Evaluate and compare sugar content in breakfast cereals and in solid and liquid yogurts, in Portugal and Ireland, focusing those near and below the goal established by EIPAS, for 2021.