UK : - Put 20% tax on soft drinks to cut obesity: Price levy will help 285,000 lose weight, says study
A typical soft drink contains between six and 15 teaspoons of sugar, with one teaspoon containing 16 calories.
Researchers say price hike would drive down sales of sugary beverages
Tax would raise 276million a year to help NHS treat obese patients
People aged 16 to 30 are the biggest consumers of soft drinks
Researchers say a price hike would drive down sales of the sugary beverages and therefore benefit the nations health.
The report, which was carried out by researchers at the British Heart Foundation, Health Promotion Research Group at the University of Oxford and the Centre for Food Security at the University of Reading, estimates that a sugar tax would put 12p on a 330ml can bought in a supermarket.
A typical soft drink contains between six and 15 teaspoons of sugar, with one teaspoon containing 16 calories.
The price of a 500ml bottle of Coca-Cola, which contains 210 calories and 14 teaspoons of sugar, would rise from 1.15 to 1.38.
And 500ml of Ribena, which has 13 teaspoons of sugar, would jump from 1.18 to 1.42.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2482595/Put-20-tax-soft-drinks-cut-obesity-Price-levy-help-285-000-lose-weight-says-study.html#ixzz2jLzMeurX
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