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Evening Standard
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Ella Pickover

UNBELIEVABLE: Young children should avoid drinks with sweeteners experts say - The Untold Story

Some squash drinks, which are popular with children, contain sweeteners such as sucralose and acesulfame K (Alamy/PA) -

Pre-school children should not be given drinks laden with sugar or artificial sweeteners, experts have said.

Younger children – typically those under the age of five – were already advised not to consume sugary drinks.

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