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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Tue Jan 29, 2013, 08:32 AM Jan 2013

Call for soft drink sugar tax in Budget [View all]

Leading medical bodies are calling for a 20p-per-litre levy on soft drinks to be included in this year's Budget.

More than 60 organisations, including the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, are backing the recommendation by food and farming charity Sustain.

They say it would raise £1bn a year in duty to fund free fruit and meals in schools to improve children's health.

The soft drinks industry says raising taxation is unnecessary.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21228122

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Call for soft drink sugar tax in Budget [View all] dipsydoodle Jan 2013 OP

In NYC people are becoming less obese thanks to the great thing Mike Bloomberg did IMHO graham4anything Jan 2013 #1

Please provide citation for your claims. enlightenment Jan 2013 #2

How can one citate an opinion? IMHO graham4anything Jan 2013 #3

With respect, your header said "people are becoming less obese" ... non sociopath skin Jan 2013 #4

I added IMHO graham4anything Jan 2013 #5

I'll have you know dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #6

lol graham4anything Jan 2013 #7

The UK has a growing problem with obesity. T_i_B Jan 2013 #8

the computer is one of the worst inventions of all time due to sitting still. graham4anything Jan 2013 #9