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Limit children's snacks to 200 calories a day: UK health body

<p>The PHE has previously called on businesses to cut sugar by 20 per cent by 2020, and by five per cent in 2017</p>

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Concerned over the high intake of sugar from unhealthy snacks among young children in England, a new campaign has urged parents to limit the intake of calories to just 200 per day by including foods such as malt loaf, low-sugar yoghurt and drinks with no added sugar. The suggestions from Public Health England (PHE) -- a government agency for preventing ill health -- are part of their newly launched campaign "Change4Life".

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