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WHO Says Governments Should Raise Taxes on Sugary Drinks

October 11, 2016

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The World Health Organization said on Tuesday governments should raise taxes on sugary drinks to fight what it says are global obesity and diabetes epidemics.

If retail prices of sugar-sweetened drinks are increased by 20% through taxation, there is a proportional drop in consumption, it said in a report titled “Fiscal Policies for Diet and Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases”.

Obesity more than doubled worldwide between 1980 and 2014, with 11% of men and 15% of women classified as obese – more than 500 million people, the WHO said.

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