GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukM to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 months agoThe 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe 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.comGreatAlbatross@feddit.ukM to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square25fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareGreatAlbatross@feddit.ukOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoCan 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?
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?