Pour on the sugar

Most parents would bristle at the idea of serving their children chocolate bars for breakfast.

But many popular breakfast cereals contain four to six teaspoons of sugar a serving, as much or more sugar as in gooey chocolate bars, according to research commissioned by The Globe and Mail of Toronto and CTV, a Canadian television network.

A typical serving of Cocoa Puffs is the equivalent of downing a 50-gram bag of Hershey's Kisses. Starting the day with a serving of Corn Pops, Honeycomb or Lucky Charms is about the same as gobbling a Kit Kat. "Reduced sugar" versions of morning favorites such as Frosted Flakes and Froot...