The distribution of school-aged adolescents’ free sugar intake across the day: A cross-sectional study
Marie Murphy·Miranda Pallan·Suzanne Spence·Maisie Rowland·A. C. Adamson·Peymane Adab·Alice J Sitch·Breanna Morrison·Tessa Hewitt·Tania Griffin·Kiya Hurley·Abigail Stewart·Rhona Duff
Breakfast and snacks made the largest contribution to free sugar intake among adolescents in the study after accounting for variation in energy intake across mealtimes. Free sugar intake was higher outside than inside school. Efforts to reduce free sugar intake in adolescents should focus on breakfast and snack food and drink items, and high sugar items available outside of school.