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. - eviltoast
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’
  • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    There are lots of Americans online who believe that artificial sweeteners are great and technology can fix anything, such as replacing the evil of sugar with something else and keeping the nice consumer product.

    Most people don’t even understand blood sugar levels and are afraid of a line going up. It’s pointless to talk to them, they don’t want to change and will reject anything that actually means change.