Lördagsgodis
Lördagsgodis (English: "Saturday sweets") is a Swedish tradition of children eating sweets (candy) on a Saturday.[1]
The tradition started as a health recommendation in the 1950s following the government-funded Vipeholm experiments, where patients of Vipeholm Hospital for the intellectually disabled in Lund, Sweden, were unknowingly fed large amounts of sweets see if a high-sugar diet would make their teeth decay.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Savage, Maddy (8 October 2021). "Lördagsgodis: Sweden's Saturday-only candy tradition". BBC. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ↑ Lundqvist, Ida (5 December 2010). "Vipeholmsexperimenten" [Vipeholm experiments]. P3 Dokumentär. Sveriges Radio.