Public Health England nutritionist presents Commons health select committee with research suggesting ‘fiscal approach’ may reduce UK’s sugar intakeA sugar tax could decrease purchases of the types of food and drinks blamed for Britain’s obesity crisis,according to research presented to MPs on Tuesday by Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England (PHE).
Members of the Commons health select committee were told by Tedstone that a “fiscal approach could help sever the consumption of sugary drinks.
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Source: theguardian.com