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 · 1 year 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.

queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Imagine what would happen if the government actually regulated and restricted sugar.

LNRDrone@sopuli.xyz · 1 year 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 · 1 year ago

What’s wrong with other sweeteners?

LNRDrone@sopuli.xyz · 1 year ago

Most sweeteners have their own health risks. Generally probably still better than sugar, but just moving to sweeteners isn’t all sunshine and happiness.

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