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Based on updated systematic reviews on the evidence relating sugars to obesity and dental caries, the WHO has recently released new guidelines for sugar intake in children and adults. There is a strong recommendation that the intake of free sugars should not exceed 10% of total energy per day, corresponding to no more than 4 tablespoons. A further reduction in free sugars intake to below 5% was conditionally recommended to protect dental health throughout the life-course. Free sugars include monosaccharides and disaccharides added to foods and beverages by the manufacturer, cook or consumer, and sugars naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices and fruit juice concentrates. Embracing these guidelines, dental professionals should work actively together with general health professionals to reduce sugar intake in the general population as well as among their individual patients.

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