Diabetes: Soft Drinks
Commons · Question 28908 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of fizzy drinks on type 2 diabetes.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 17 Feb 2025
Scientific risk assessment and United Kingdom dietary recommendations are based on independent advice from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN).In 2015, the SACN published its report on Carbohydrates and Health and recommended that “the c...