Current perspectives on global sugar consumption: definitions, recommendations, population intakes, challenges and future direction - CORRIGENDUM

The published paper contained some errors: please see below for details and the correct information. 1) In the results section on p6, ‘Adults (19–64 yrs)’, the first sentence of the second paragraph currently reads: “Total sugars intake (%TE) ranged from 12.7% in 35–49 year old men and women in Lithuania to 26% in 19–30 year old women in The Netherlands.” Energy and sugars intake of adults (19–64 years) Energy Total sugars Added sugars Sucrose Free sugars Country Assessment year Age range (y) n Method MJ SD g SD %E SD g SD %E SD g SD %E SD g SD %E SD New Zealand§(105,106) 2008-09 19-30 (M) 284 24-h recall 11.9 147.0 20.1 69.7 10.8 73.2 9.4 78.1 12.1 31-50 (M) 598 11.5 133.0 19.5 62.1 9.5 64.5 8.9 70.3 10.9 51-70 (M) 378 9.4 108.0 19.5 46.0 8.4 49.0 8.4 54.4 10.1 19-30 (F) 434 8.4 123.0 23.8 55.6 12.2 65.8 11.1 62.4 14.1 31-50 (F) 746 7.9 98.0 21.3 40.1 9.1 45.3 9.6 47.9 10.8 51-70 (F) 517 7.2 95.0 21.7 35.7 8.6 40.4 9.3 43.2 9.7 Spain(98,99) 2013 18-64 (M) 798 3 day record 8.2 2.3 78.4 36.7 16.0 5.8 35.2 27.1 7.0 4.8 18-64 (F) 857 7.0 1.8 71.7 30.5 17.3 5.7 31.6 22.3 7.3 4.5 Table 6. Energy and sugars intake of adults (19–64 years) Energy Total sugars Added sugars Sucrose Free sugars Country Assessment year Age range (y) n Method MJ SD g SD %E SD g SD %E SD g SD %E SD g SD %E SD New Zealand§(105,106) 2008-09 19-30 (M) 284 24-h recall 11.9 147.0 20.1 69.7 10.8 73.2 9.4 78.1 12.1 31-50 (M) 598 11.5 133.0 19.5 62.1 9.5 64.5 8.9 70.3 10.9 51-70 (M) 378 9.4 108.0 19.5 46.0 8.4 49.0 8.4 54.4 10.1 19-30 (F) 434 8.4 123.0 23.8 55.6 12.2 65.8 11.1 62.4 14.1 31-50 (F) 746 7.9 98.0 21.3 40.1 9.1 45.3 9.6 47.9 10.8 51-70 (F) 517 7.2 95.0 21.7 35.7 8.6 40.4 9.3 43.2 9.7 Spain(98,99) 2013 18-64 (M) 798 3 day record 8.2 2.3 78.4 36.7 16.0 5.8 35.2 27.1 7.0 4.8 18-64 (F) 857 7.0 1.8 71.7 30.5 17.3 5.7 31.6 22.3 7.3 4.5