Public Health England (PHE) will help parents take control of their children’s snacking by launching the first Change4Life campaign promoting healthier snacks.
This is because half of children’s sugar intake, currently around seven sugar cubes a day, comes from unhealthy snacks and sugary drinks, leading to obesity and painful tooth decay.
Each year children are consuming almost 400 biscuits; more than 120 cakes, buns and pastries; around 100 portions of sweets; nearly 70 of both chocolate bars and ice creams; washed down with more than 150 juice drink pouches and cans of fizzy drink.
On average, children are consuming at least three unhealthy snacks and sugary drinks a day, with around a third consuming 4 or more. The overall result is that children consume three times more sugar than is recommended.
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