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On Thursday, March 26, 2026, as part of the parliamentary niche of the Les démocrates group, facing “health emergency”, deputies unanimously adopted the bill aimed at banning added sugars in food for infants and young children. In 2023, the national association for consumer and user defense CLCV had published a survey on 207 food products for children under 3 years old. Their finding: nutritional and “health” claims are made for products that are very sugary. The association criticized the outdated and too lenient European regulation compared to the requirements set by the World Health Organization. Deputy Cyrille Isaac-Sibille, the originator of the bill, explained wanting to “send a political signal to put the issue of added sugars in infant nutrition on the European agenda”. During the examination of the text, Health Minister Stéphanie Rist joined the deputies “in the order to protect children and improve their diet”. However, the text provides for a decree, issued after the opinion of Anses, to draw up a list of food preparations excluded from this ban, then determining the maximum rate of added sugars in these products. An exception criticized by several left-wing deputies. “This leaves loopholes that industrialists will not fail to exploit,” protested ecologist Sabrina Sebaihi. Today, nearly 5% of children are considered to be obese and 6% of the population receives medical treatment for diabetes. Faced with this observation, what impact does sugar have on our health and should its consumption be regulated? Guests: – Aurélien Rousseau, Socialist deputy for Yvelines and former Minister of Health and Prevention – Xavier Iacovelli, Senator of “Renaissance” from Hauts de Seine and Vice-President of the Senate – Amine Benyamina, psychiatrist and president of the French Addiction Federation “Every Voice Counts”, your daily meeting that takes the pulse of society: a debate, hosted by Adeline François, directly addressing political, parliamentary, social, or economic news. A crossroads of opinions where ministers, deputies, local elected officials, experts, and personalities of civil society make their voices heard.