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FOOD DRINK NUTRITION DIET: DRINKS:
Tax Sugary Drinks to Reduce Obesity, Says New Study
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Tax Sugary Drinks to Reduce Obesity, Says New Study
Thursday 31 October 2013
Charlie Cooper
The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/
health-news/tax-sugary-drinks-to-reduce-obesity-
says-new-study-8916488.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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A 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks would reduce the number of obese adults
in the UK by 180,000, bring in 276m to the Treasury and save the NHS
millions, a study has claimed.
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The proposal, which would increase the cost of a can of Coca Cola by
approximately 12p, would have a small but significant impact on growing
obesity rates in young people, who are far more likely to drink high-sugar
fizzy drinks, the researchers said.
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However, the drinks industry called the research "misguided" and said a
sugary-drinks tax would do nothing to combat obesity.
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The findings come a week after the Government's own physical activity
tsar, Fred Turok, spoke at an event hosted by Coca Cola at which he urged
the company to help "change the debate" and shift the focus of public
health efforts away from obesity and towards increasing levels of physical
activity.
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Regular consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks increases the risk of
obesity, diabetes and tooth decay, said the authors of the study, which is
published in the British Medical Journal today. Researchers from Oxford
and Reading universities used data from surveys on consumers' buying
habits, the price of drinks and body-weight to estimate the impact of a 20
per cent surcharge on high-sugar-content drinks.
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Such a tax would cut obesity rates by 1.3 per cent, and reduce the number
of overweight people by 285,000, the authors said, with the bulk of the
impact seen in people aged 16 to 29: the major consumers of sugary drinks.
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