世界衛生組織：宣布了新的6匙糖指引

Last month the Mainichi News on-line reported the following:

ＷＨＯ:糖類はスプーン６杯まで　新指針を発表

毎日新聞　2015年03月04日　23時17分

　世界保健機関（ＷＨＯ）は４日、肥満や虫歯防止のため、砂糖などの糖類の１日当たり摂取量を総エネルギー摂取量の５％未満に抑えるのが望ましいとの新たな指針を正式に発表した。平均的な大人の場合、「５％」は砂糖約２５グラム、ティースプーンでおよそ６杯分に相当するという。

　ＷＨＯは昨年３月、ほぼ同様の指針案を発表。その後、一般市民らから幅広く意見を聞いた結果、正式に指針として発表することになった。

　指針は、１０％未満に抑えることを「強く勧告する」とした上で、さらに可能であれば５％未満に抑えることで「より健康に良い効果が得られる」とした。（共同）

(試譯文)

For the purpose of preventing overweight and cavity, on the 4th (March) the World Health Organization (WHO) formally released a new guideline hoping to reduce the intake of saccharides such as sugar to less than 5 % out of the overall energy intake per day. It was said that in case of an average adult, "5%" was equivalent to about 25 grams of sugar, approximately 6 tea-spoon servings.

 WHO in March last year announced a very similar guideline proposal. After that because opinion was heard widely from the general public, so it was announced as a guideline formally.

 The guideline, on top of to "strongly recommend" to lower sugar to less than 10 %, supposed that if possible to reduce it to less than 5 % so as to "obtain a better effect on health improvement".

I think for many people, especially those who love sweets, to restrict their sugar consumption to 6 tea spoons a day is quite a challenge.