Bondi Beauty founder Renae Leith-Manos is thrilled to announce she has been appointed on the board for Sugar By Half – a national initiative aimed at reducing Australia’s average sugar consumption by half within five years.
Founded by the Australian cricket team’s doctor, Professor Peter Brukner, the movement involves nine prominent medical, legal and media strategists as well as media and social organisations and celebrities including Jamie Oliver, Peter Evans and Cathy Freeman.
"Over two thirds of Australian adults and a quarter of all children are overweight or obese, and research is showing the biggest culprit is sugar. Most of us are eating at least 25 teaspoons of sugar a day, and we should be having half of that,” says Leith-Manos.
“I am humbled to be part of this team of amazing researchers and medical people who want to reduce our consumption of sugar and improve our health. It even has a beauty benefit – research has shown eating less sugar can make you look significantly younger.”
In conjunction with the movement, a “Sugar Awareness" week will be launched on August 29.
