Children's teeth rotting in their mouths because of sugary foods, say experts

141 children, some as young as one year old, are admitted to hospital every day to have rotten teeth pulled

A child has a rotten tooth pulled out in hospital every 10 minutes, Public Health England (PHE) has said, appealing to parents at the launch of the government’s sugar tax to switch their children’s drinks to mostly milk and water.

Sugar-sweetened soft drinks are the main source of the sugar that children consume. While the levy on high-sugar drinks is a response to the obesity crisis – 20% of children in the last year of primary school in England are now obese – there is huge concern about children’s teeth as well.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2uMya2Z