Dr Aseem Malhotra is an interventional cardiologist and the founding member and science director of Action On Sugar, a group of specialists concerned with sugar and its effects on health. Action on Sugar has been campaigning to reduce population consumption of sugar by 40% over the next few years to reverse the obesity epidemic. Dr Malhotra, one of the most vocal campaigners against sugar industry and Big Food, tells Rema Nagarajan why sugar is the new tobacco.

Is it true that sugar kills more than tobacco?

Non-communicable diseases contribute to 35 million deaths worldwide for which poor diet is a major contributor. According to the Lancet’s Global Burden of Disease report, poor diet is responsible for more diseases than physical inactivity, alcohol and smoking combined. Combating this poses greatest challenge to health worldwide.

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