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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. (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not what I said.

I said I prefer a ban instead of a tax. A tax just bans sugar for the poor. A ban effects everyone, so it's fair and more effective.

But also, the optimum solution instead of a tax or a ban would be to make people's lives better so they don't kill themselves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how much diabetic deaths would increase with no easy access to sugar

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

To clarify, I didn't say to ban the ingredient itself, just foods with added sugars i.e. sugar-sweetened beverages, sugary snacks and junk food, sugary breakfast cereals, etc. We're talking about this in context of the tax, which doesn't ban raw bags of sugar.

If someone wants a teaspoon of sugar in their coffee at home then whatever, that's not the source of the public health crisis. The problem is from convenience and processed foods. We could solve the problem. We won't.