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World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 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.

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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World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 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’

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/22143130

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

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