Extend success of UK sugar tax to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, experts urge
Co-author of analysis for WHO calls on government to control the food industry rather than being subservient to it
The sugar tax has been so successful in improving people’s diets that it should be extended to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, health experts say.
The World Health Organization wants the next UK government to expand coverage of the levy to help tackle tooth decay, obesity, diabetes and other illnesses.
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