Sugar Nutrition UK
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| Defunct | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Type | Lobby group |
| Focus | Advocacy for the sugar industry; nutrition research and public policy |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Region served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Dr Alison Boyd (Director) |
Formerly called | British Sugar Bureau |
Sugar Nutrition UK formerly the British Sugar Bureau was a lobby group for the British sugar industry.[1]
Dr Alison Boyd was the director of the organisation. She says, in reply to proposals to tax sugar that "Singling out sugar may seem a simple, quick fix solution but risks ignoring many other factors that can contribute to lifestyle diseases."[2] According to the organisation "Sugar consumption in the UK has declined whilst obesity and diabetes rates have increased".[3]
It funded a study published in the American Journal of Physiology – Endocrinology and Metabolism in 2015 which showed that Sugar and water was 'as good as a glucose and water' at maintaining liver glycogen stores during prolonged exercise.[4]
It disbanded in 2016.[5]
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