Below you’ll find some key publications addressing the need for sugar reduction in food and drinks, research by our team and some recent publications on sugar and health.  

World Health Organization 

• Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241549028  
• Be smart drink water: a guide for school principals in restricting the sale and marketing of sugary drinks in and around schools https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/be-smart-drink-water  

Pan American Health Organization 

• Sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in the Region of the Americas https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/53252  

Our Research 

• Hashem, K, He, F, MacGregor, G. Labelling changes in response to a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (WHO Bulletin) 
• Hashem, K, He, F, Alderton, S, MacGregor, G. Cross-Sectional Survey of the Amount of Sugar and Energy in Chocolate Confectionery Sold in the UK in 1992 and 2017 (Nutrients) 
• Lin, L. Li, C, Peng, Y, et al. Sugar and energy content of carbonated sugar-sweetened beverages in Haidian District, Beijing: a cross-sectional study (BMJ Open) 
• Hashem, KM, He, F, Alderton SA, et al. Cross-sectional survey of the amount of sugar and energy in cakes and biscuits on sale in the UK for the evaluation of the sugar-reduction programme (BMJ Open) 
• Hashem, K, He, F. and MacGregor, G. Cross-sectional surveys of the amount of sugar, energy and caffeine in sugar-sweetened drinks marketed and consumed as energy drinks in the UK between 2015 and 2017: monitoring reformulation progress (BMJ Open) 
• Hashem, K. and Rosborough, J. Why tax sugar sweetened beverages? (Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition) 
• Pombo-Rodrigues, S., Hashem, K., He, F. and MacGregor, G. Salt and sugars content of breakfast cereals in the UK from 1992 to 2015 (Public Health Nutrition) 

Sugar Reduction in the UK 

• UK Government Sugar Reduction Programme Sugar reduction: achieving the 20% 
• UK Government: Soft Drinks Industry Levy 
• UK Government Sugar Reduction: Progress report 2015-2019  

Key Resources 

• Global Food Research Program: Sugary drinks taxes around the world 
• World Cancer Research Fund International: NOURISHING database  

Recent Publications 

• Shangguan S, Mozaffarian D, Sy S et al. Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Achieving the National Salt and Sugar Reduction Initiative Voluntary Sugar Reduction Targets in the United States: A Microsimulation Study (Circulation) 
• European Food Safety Authority, 2021 EFSA explains draft scientific opinion on a tolerable upper intake level for dietary sugars 
• Edmondson, E., Roberto, C., Gregory, E., et al Association of a Sweetened Beverage Tax With Soda Consumption in High School Students (JAMA Pediatrics)  
• Grummon, A., Reimold, A., Hall, M., Influence of the San Francisco, CA, Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Health Warning on Consumer Reactions: Implications for Equity from a Randomized Experiment (Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) 
• Choi, Y., Andreyeva, T., Fleming-Milici, F., Harris, J. U.S. Households’ Children's Drink Purchases: 2006–2017 Trends and Associations With Marketing (American Journal of Preventative Medicine)