Professors Robert Lustig, Laura Schmidt and Claire Brindis call for restrictions and controls on sugar that mirror those on tobacco and alcohol.
The three set out their views in the science journal Nature.

They point out that, at the levels consumed in the West, sugar altered metabolism, raised blood pressure, disrupted hormone signalling and caused significant damage to the liver that was still not fully understood.

The health hazards were similar to the effects of drinking too much alcohol — which was, in any event, manufactured from the distillation of sugar.

Speaking about the comment article, Professor Lustig, from the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, said: "As long as the public thinks that sugar is just 'empty calories', we have no chance in solving this.

"There are good calories and bad calories, just as there are good fats and bad fats, good amino acids and bad amino acids, good carbohydrates and bad carbohydrates. But sugar is toxic beyond its calories."

Worldwide consumption of sugar has tripled in the last 50 years, fuelling a global obesity epidemic.
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De mener at i likhet med alkohol og tobakk, burde det være aldersgrense på brus og andre varer som inneholder mye sukker. Jeg søkte litt rundt, de har laget en studie, jeg fant ikke den, men i stedet fant jeg masse artikler hvor mange var rasende overfor det de oppfattet som inngrep og overformynderi. At noe er galt med folkehelsa, er jo helt klart, det er jo bare å kikke rundt seg. Moder Jord mente nok ikke at vi skulle hive innpå store mengder sukker hver dag, slik mange gjør

Her er det en svært lang video med Robert Lustig hvor han snakker om sukker