The global
health group has previously advised a lower sugar intake, but stopped short of
backing tax measures.
Several
countries, including Mexico and Hungary, already tax added sugar products.
South Africa is introducing a sugar tax next
year. It's the only country in Africa to do so.
The WHO said
it wants to see lower consumption of "free sugars", which it said
will lower incidences of obesity, diabetes and tooth decay.
"Free
sugars" are all the different types of sugar in the diet, except for the
sugars that are found naturally in fruit and milk.
Source: BBC.com
No comments:
Post a Comment