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Pour on the sugar

Published 09/17/06

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

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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...

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