Ahead of the Government’s Prevention is Better than Cure green paper due to be published next week, the Royal College of Paediatrics (RCPCH) has published its own strategy to transform the health and well-being of children and young people in the UK.
Its child health Prevention Vision calls on the Government to enforce mandatory limits on the amount of free sugar, which includes fruit sugars, that can be used in baby foods.
According to the RCPCH, pureed or liquid baby foods packaged in pouches often have a high energy density and a contain a lot of sugar, which risks babies developing a sweet tooth early on.
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