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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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.

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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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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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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So now people are avoiding sweet drinks not because they cost too much in taxes, but…because they taste like battery acid.

That’s still achieving the overall goal.

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