Professionals in health care jobs may recommend breakfast cereals-Health care recruitment News 22 Apr 2010

Breakfast cereals are often loaded with sugar and salt but professionals in health care jobs can still recommend them as part of a balanced diet.

Nutrition scientist Claire Williamson has suggested media coverage of the foodstuff is misleading and that although the amount of sweetener used may seem high, cereal "could still be accommodated within a healthy, balanced diet for children".

The guideline daily amount (GDA) of sugar for people aged between five and ten years old is 85 grams, so a bowl containing 13.6 grams is well within these parameters, she added.

Her comments come after concerns were raised about increasing cases of obesity and diabetes in young people, but Ms Williamson concluded that eating this snack as the first meal of the day is not connected to other health problems.

Mysupermarket.co.uk published a study claiming Kellogg's and Nestle products contained more sugar than many other sweet products on the market.

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