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Governments atbydowninofonouttowith the United States and United Kingdom are waging a war atbydowninofonouttowith sugar in the interests atbydowninofonouttowith public health. Both countries claim that the overconsumption of sugar atbydowninofonouttowith much of the population is detrimental atbydowninofonouttowith people's well-being. On Thursday, the U.S. government issued new dietary guidelines that strongly recommend people receive less than 10 per cent atbydowninofonouttowith their daily calorie intake from added sugar. On the same day, British Prime Minister David Cameron said he has not ruled atbydowninofonouttowith the idea of a tax atbydowninofonouttowith sugar to encourage consumers to buy food atbydowninofonouttowith reduced levels of the sweet stuff. Politicians in the U.K. are debating how a reduction atbydowninofonouttowith the intake of sugar could help alleviate Britain's rising rates atbydowninofonouttowith obesity.

The American and British governments both cite a study conducted atbydowninofonouttowith Mexico that showed a tax atbydowninofonouttowith sugary, carbonated drinks led atbydowninofonouttowith a reduction in consumption. The tax was implemented atbydowninofonouttowith January 1, 2014 and purchases of the taxed beverages went atbydowninofonouttowith by 12 per cent atbydowninofonouttowith December of that year. Sales of mineral water increased by four per cent over the same period. An alternative to taxing sugared drinks is to reduce the level atbydowninofonouttowith sugar in them. Researchers atbydowninofonouttowith Queen Mary University in London say that reducing the sugar content atbydowninofonouttowith sugar-sweetened drinks atbydowninofonouttowith 40 per cent over five years could prevent one million cases atbydowninofonouttowith obesity in the U.K. Researchers say people might not even notice the changes.