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To: Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ban the Addition of Sugar in all Prepared Foods and Soft Drinks
In the light of the UK's present Type 2 Diabetes pandemic, we implore the Minister, as a matter of urgency, to ban the addition of sugar in all manufactured foods and drinks.
Why is this important?
New figures, extracted from official NHS data, indicate that in 2013 no fewer than 3,208,014 adults were diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes [T2D] - an increase of more than 163,000 compared to 2012.
T2D, which is currently incurable, is primarily caused by the addition of sugar to almost all prepared food and drink brands - even savoury and spicy products.
The consequences of uncontrolled T2D are serious in the extreme. According to figures recently released by government body Public Health England, the number of diabetes-related amputations each week in England has now reached an all-time record high of 135 a week or 7,020 annually.
For those who like their foods sweet and are prepared to risk incurring T2D, they are, of course, free to add as much sugar to their foods as they wish .
The author of this petition is himself a T2D diabetic.
T2D, which is currently incurable, is primarily caused by the addition of sugar to almost all prepared food and drink brands - even savoury and spicy products.
The consequences of uncontrolled T2D are serious in the extreme. According to figures recently released by government body Public Health England, the number of diabetes-related amputations each week in England has now reached an all-time record high of 135 a week or 7,020 annually.
For those who like their foods sweet and are prepared to risk incurring T2D, they are, of course, free to add as much sugar to their foods as they wish .
The author of this petition is himself a T2D diabetic.
