Without a sugar tax, obesity strategy has fat chance of success

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Without a sugar tax, obesity strategy has fat chance of success

19 February 2016

Man holding large glass of a fizzy sugar-laden drink — Walk away from that soda
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The off-on idea of a sugar tax to help tackle obesity in the UK is off again. Prime Minister David Cameron has reportedly changed tack for the last time, . It also looks as if a long-awaited strategy to cut childhood obesity may be kicked down the road yet again.

Just today Cancer Research UK and the UK Health Forum estimated a by 2025.

Unless the sugar tax decision is reversed, it will be yet more…

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