{"id":5804,"date":"2016-11-21T09:21:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T09:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecourtyardclinic.co.uk\/?p=3171"},"modified":"2016-11-21T09:21:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T09:21:26","slug":"sugar-blame-rampant-tooth-decay-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecourtyardclinic.co.uk\/sugar-blame-rampant-tooth-decay-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar Is To Blame for Rampant Tooth Decay in Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3172 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.thecourtyardclinic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/child-with-lollipop-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"teeth health smile\" width=\"227\" height=\"151\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 227px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 227\/151;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3172 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thecourtyardclinic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/child-with-lollipop-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"teeth health smile\" width=\"227\" height=\"151\" \/><\/noscript>Sugar intake is a big problem today and is linked to children&#8217;s dental problems. A sugar tax would help control the problem and protect children&#8217;s teeth.<br \/>\nKey takeaways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The introduction of a sugar tax on soft drinks would have clear benefits to the oral health of children between 11 and 18 years old.<\/li>\n<li>Tighter regulation around price, availability and marketing of sports drinks to children will safeguard their general and dental health.<\/li>\n<li>Oral health should be tackled in the same breath as overall health since it affects children\u2019s overall well-being, confidence, mental health and life chances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The most important message dentists can give parents is to remember that it is not just the amount of sugar children eat or drink that causes tooth decay, but how often they have sugary foods and drinks.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sugar intake is a big problem today and is linked to children&#8217;s dental problems. A sugar tax would help control the problem and protect children&#8217;s teeth. Key takeaways: The introduction of a sugar tax on soft drinks would have clear benefits to the oral health of children between 11 and 18 years old. Tighter regulation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[102,180,122],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sugar Is To Blame for Rampant Tooth Decay in Children - The Courtyard Clinic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourtyardclinic.co.uk\/sugar-blame-rampant-tooth-decay-children\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sugar Is To Blame for Rampant Tooth Decay in Children - The Courtyard Clinic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sugar intake is a big problem today and is linked to children&#8217;s dental problems. 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