TY - BOOK ID - 8057485 TI - Guideline: Sugars Intake for Adults and Children AU - World Health Organization AU - World Health Organization. PY - 2015 SN - 9241549025 9240694226 PB - Geneva : World Health Organization, DB - UniCat KW - MEDICAL / Physiology. KW - SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology. KW - Sugar -- Health aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8057485 AB - The objective of this guideline is to provide recommendations on the consumption of free sugars toreduce the risk of NCDs in adults and children particularly focusing on the prevention and controlof unhealthy weight gain and dental caries. This is in recognition of the rapidly growing epidemicof overweight and obesity around the globe and its role as a risk factor for several NCDs. Inaddition dental caries is the most common NCD and the cost of treatment places a heavy burdenon health-care budgets in many countries. The recommendations in this guideline can be used bypolicy-makers and progr ER -