For adults - sugar is bad news and it’s the same, if not worse, for children. Such bad news, in fact, that it’s been likened to alcohol for kids! Too much sugar can cause tooth decay, hyperactivity and increase the risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes. Yet experts say parents have no idea that all that sugar can also cause other chronic— albeit avoidable —health problems. These ‘avoidable health problems’ include weakened immunity, miserable cold and flu-like symptoms, acid reflux, troubled breathing, poor sleep and -surprisingly - a lack of appetite.