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United KingdomEnglish · 2 months ago

The amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found.

www.theguardian.com

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The amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found.

www.theguardian.com

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United KingdomEnglish · 2 months ago

Children’s sugar consumption halved since tax announcement, study finds

www.theguardian.com

Experts say success soft drinks shows expansion of tax to cover other foods and drinks is a ‘no brainer’

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Can I just clarify: Your point of view is that a tax to disincentivise sugar in fizzy drinks is going to cause malnutrition in underprivileged kids?

Would you have also argued this when we removed fizzy drink vending machines from schools a decade ago?

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