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.

alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works · 4 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.

LNRDrone@sopuli.xyz · 4 months ago

So is there study that would have looked into how much of the sugar was just replaced with other sweeteners? Or how much soda consumption itself has changed?

ch00f@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

What’s wrong with other sweeteners?

ryannathans@aussie.zone · 4 months ago

Carcinogenic like aspartame, and still activate glucose receptors (that’s why they are sweet) so still cause insulin resistance etc.

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.

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.

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