As written in the post Sugar addiction: beating the cravings, sugar addiction “is an addiction that starts in infancy or childhood so that its foundation is deep-seated and broad.” The work of beating the cravings and of eating foods containing sugar in moderate amounts is extremely difficult. Once sugar addiction is created, the pull of sugar is stronger than the desire to resist it.

Prevention is possible, but it requires a commitment of the people surrounding a child to keep the child’...