Cap UK’s sugar supply to fight obesity, say campaigners

Environmental and health experts say UK grows or imports two and a half times the population's recommended intake

Ministers should cap domestic sugar production to tackle Britain's obesity crisis, according to a new report backed by health experts and environmental campaigners.

The UK grows and imports more than two and a half times the population's maximum recommended intake of sugar, according to Sugar Pollution, a report by environmental campaigners Feedback Global and Action on Sugar, a group of specialists in medicine, nutrition and public health.