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News Thursday & Friday, 24–25 September 2015 O n 22 September, the FDI World Dental Federation in- vited dental professionals to the World Oral Health Forum, held for the third time in the course of the Annual World Dental Con- gress (AWDC). The forum aims to offer a platform for the discussion of hot topics in the field of public oralhealth.Thisyear’sfirstsession of the forum concentrated on the recently published World Health Organization’s (WHO) guideline on sugar intake for adults and chil- dren, which recommends a reduc- tion in daily intake of free sugars to less than five per cent of total energy intake. The FDI introduced itsWorld Oral Health Forum for the first time at the 2012 AWDC in Hong Kong and launched it at the AWDC in Istanbul in 2013. Since then, the objective hasbeentopresenttop-levelpanel- lists who discuss current subjects in the field of oral health. This year, the FDI has scheduled two ses- sions of the forum for the AWDC in Bangkok. The first session focused on the issue of sugar as a signifi- cant risk factor for dental caries and other non-communicable diseases in light of the recently published WHO sugar guideline. It was moder- ated by Dr Harry-Sam Selikowitz, Vice-Chair of the FDI Science Com- mittee. The panellists included Dr Chizuru Nishida from the Depart- ment of Nutrition for Health and Development at WHO. Dr Nishida spoke about the development and the main contents of theWHO sugar guideline. Reducing free sugar intake to less than ten per cent of total daily energyintakewasrecommendedby the WHO study group for the first time in 1989 and was further elabo- rated by a joint expert consultation by WHO and the Food and Agri- culture Organization of the United Nations in 2002. This new updated WHO guideline calls for further re- duction of free sugar intake to less thanfivepercentorroughly25grams (sixteaspoons)perday,asthiswould provide additional health benefits according to WHO. The second panellist, Dr Paula Moynihan, Professor of Nutrition and Oral Health and Director of the Centre for Oral Health Research at Newcastle University in the UK, is also Director of the university’s WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutri- tion and Oral Health. In her speech, she discussed the effect of free sugars on caries and elaborated on global policies and existing strate- gies to reduce the intake of free sugars. Moynihan emphasised that it is extremely important to reduce sugar intake in order to guarantee adequate oral health, starting with raising awareness in children, but also continuing this throughout adult life. “We need to protect dental health throughout the life course,” she concluded in accor- dance with the updated WHO sugar guideline. The third speaker of the forum, Modi Mwatsama, is a registered nutritionist and Director for Global Health at the UK Health Forum, where she leads on non-communi- cable diseases and global health policy. She presented data on the globalproductionandconsumption of sugars, as well as the trends and drivers, and gave some examples of concrete actions to reduce sugar intake. Mwatsama demonstrated that the consumption and produc- tion of sugar are constantly increas- ing worldwide and that advocating a healthy and balanced diet is key toreducingthehighintakeofsugars globally. In this regard, food advertise- ment plays an important role as Mwatsama showed. There is a huge discrepancy between the recom- mended and advertised diet. Ac- cording to Mwatsama, this can only be countered through a general rethinkingoffoodmarketing,forex- amplebymeansofpolicymeasures, such as taxes and marketing restric- tions, and cooperation of the food industry regarding labelling and product reformulation. Finally, Dr Rob Beaglehole, Prin- cipal Dental Officer for the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board inNewZealandandTobaccoControl Advisor to the New Zealand Dental Association, presented his experi- ences as a dentist with sugary drinks,whichplayanimportantpart in the too-high sugar consumption by adults and especially children. Asinglecanofsugar-sweetenedsoda containsupto40grams(aroundten teaspoons) of free sugars—nearly twice as much asWHO recommends in total per day. Beaglehole intro- duced several best practices from New Zealand, including efforts of schools and hospitals to reduce in- take of free sugars by banning sug- arydrinks.Moreover,hepointedout thenegativeconsequencesofsugar consumption not only for dental health but also for general health andthelinktoobesityanddiabetes. “We aren’t giving children to- baccoandalcohol,butwearegiving them sugary drinks,” Beaglehole said, emphasising the extent of the issue and the lack of awareness regarding it. The forum concluded with an open discussion, during which all participants were able to pose questions and contribute to the subject. The second session of the 2015 World Oral Health Forum is being held on Thursday at 9.30 a.m. and is titled “Universal health coverage (UHC):Towardsoptimaloralhealth”. 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