Dangers of excessive sugar highlighted ahead of Easter

Children receive an average of five Easter Eggs with some receiving up to 15 Eggs!

Five large sized Easter Eggs contain almost 250 teaspoons of sugar compared to 60 teaspoons of sugar in five child-sized eggs.

The dangers of excessive sugar consumption has garnered a lot of media attention over the last few months and with Easter week just around the corner MummyPages.ie has launched in-depth research into Easter Egg consumption in Ireland.

It found that 74% of mums take away some of their child’s chocolate Easter Eggs without them knowing.

When it comes to the sheer quantity of Easter Eggs gifted to children at Easter-time, the research shows that four in ten children will receive between 5-10 eggs, with a further one in ten children receiving a whopping 10-15 chocolate Easter Eggs.

Two-fifths of mums say their children will mainly receive larger sized Easter Eggs rather than child sized eggs.

According to MummyPages calculations the average sugar content in large size Easter eggs equates to 48 teaspoons of sugar compared to 12 teaspoons in smaller child sized eggs.

With this in mind, it comes as no surprise that the majority (91%) of parents ration their children’s Easter Egg chocolate intake and three quarters of mums admit to intercepting some of their child’s chocolate Easter Eggs.