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A US industry-funded body that states that its mission is 'to provide sound scientific information to consumers and health communicators about the contributions sugar makes to our food supply and a healthful lifestyle'. When in 2003 the WHO recommended that sugar should comprise no more than 10 per cent of a person's diet, the Sugar Association (whose members include [[Coca-Cola]], Pepsi and [[General Foods]]) lobbied Congress to withdraw $406m of WHO funding.
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The [[US Sugar Association]] is a US-based industry-funded body that states that its mission is 'to provide sound scientific information to consumers and health communicators about the contributions sugar makes to our food supply and a healthful lifestyle'. When in 2003 the WHO recommended that sugar should comprise no more than 10 per cent of a person's diet, the Sugar Association (whose members include [[Coca-Cola]], Pepsi and [[General Foods]]) lobbied Congress to withdraw $406m of WHO funding.
  
 
==Further Reading==
 
==Further Reading==
 
Sarah Boseley, health editor [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,940287,00.html Sugar industry threatens to scupper WHO] The Guardian, Monday April 21, 2003.
 
Sarah Boseley, health editor [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,940287,00.html Sugar industry threatens to scupper WHO] The Guardian, Monday April 21, 2003.
  
 
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[[Category:Food Industry lobby groups]]
 
[[Category:Food Industry lobby groups]]

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The US Sugar Association is a US-based industry-funded body that states that its mission is 'to provide sound scientific information to consumers and health communicators about the contributions sugar makes to our food supply and a healthful lifestyle'. When in 2003 the WHO recommended that sugar should comprise no more than 10 per cent of a person's diet, the Sugar Association (whose members include Coca-Cola, Pepsi and General Foods) lobbied Congress to withdraw $406m of WHO funding.

Further Reading

Sarah Boseley, health editor Sugar industry threatens to scupper WHO The Guardian, Monday April 21, 2003.

Notes