This morning I was listening to the radio when a piece was aired on the BBC which announced that a “campaign group has been formed to reduce the amount of sugar added to food and soft drinks in an effort to tackle obesity and diabetes in the UK.

Action on Sugar has been set up by the team behind Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Cash), which has pushed for cuts to salt intake since the 1990s.

The new group aims to help people avoid “hidden sugars” and get manufacturers to reduce the ingredient over time.

It believes a 20% to 30% reduction in three to five years is within reach.”   You can read more about the new group and their aims at the BBC’s site here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25650352.

This set me thinking.  Is it really the job of government and NGOs to insist/nudge producers and consumers as to how much sugar in our diets?   So I thought I would run a poll of our readers to find out if they felt that there was a need for such a reduction.

You can find the poll below.  If you have any further comments to make please feel free to use the box below.