By Arthur Martin Funding: Experts who advise the Government on sugar consumption are under fire after it was revealed they receive funding from confectionery giants, including Coca Cola Experts who advise the Government on sugar consumption were under fire last night after it was revealed they receive funding from confectionery giants. Five out of eight members of a committee tasked with helping to tackle Britain’s obesity epidemic have  ‘worryingly close’ ties with the food industry, it was claimed. They include chairman Professor Ian Macdonald – one of the country’s leading nutritionists – who works as a paid advisor for Coca-Cola and Mars.
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Experts under fire for being paid to advise firms like Coca Cola and Mars
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Food giants being urged to cut sugar in products as it is 'the new tobacco'
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Doctors and academics say levels must drop by at least 30 per cent
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