Sugar has a much easier to measure impact on health - dental hygeine and obesity.

The thing about British teeth? It's sort of true. Tooth extraction is a leading cause of child hospitalisation. (Most common cause for children between 5 and 9).

This tooth decay is mostly preventable.

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/news/sharp-increase-in-children-adm...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33498324

> A report by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) published earlier this year showed tooth decay was the most common reason five to nine-year-olds were admitted to hospital.

> Approximately 46,500 children and young people under 19 were admitted to hospital with tooth decay in 2013-14, with 25,812 in the five to nine age group, a 14% increase since 2010-11.

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/27/england-hospi...