Check sugar content in beverages, foods – NACAMA tells NAFDAC

The National Complementary and Alternative Medical Association of Nigeria has urged the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control to check sugary and sweetened contents in processed beverages and foods.

The President of NACAMA, Prof. Peter Katchy, made the call on Monday on the side-lines of the World Diabetes Day, with the theme: “Eyes on Diabetes’’.

The NACAMA boss said that “the type of diabetes being seen today, which is also growing, is that of children of school age.