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A health group has people to be careful about how much sugar is in their drinks when they to coffee shops. Many cafes in the UK are extra sugar and syrup to their festive drinks in the run-up to Christmas. The health group is Action on Sugar (AOS). It out research on how sweet hot drinks were in coffee chains around the country. It that some lattes and hot chocolates as much as 23 spoons of sugar. It analysed over 200 different drinks. The researchers said they "shockingly" high levels of sugar in many of the drinks. An AOS spokesperson said people with obesity, diabetes and other health conditions to check what they were .

Action On Sugar drinks from nine different coffee shop chains. It the unhealthiest drink was the Starbucks "Venti" caramel hot chocolate. It 93.7g of sugar and 758 calories. AOS says it has as much sugar as three cans of Coca-Cola. A spokeswoman for Starbucks said: "We are to reducing sugar in all our beverages and since 2015 we've a nine per cent reduction in the sugar content." Katharine Jenner, a director at AOS, said: "The hospitality industry a key role to in being transparent. It must to reduce the amount of sugar we . Sugar one of the biggest causes of obesity, type 2 diabetes and tooth decay."