Based on our modelling we recommend that governments in Egypt and across Africa increase taxes on sugary drinks.
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Our research found that teenagers who consumed high amounts of sugary drinks had 34% higher odds of being diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.
Almost three in four Australian children drank sugar drinks every day in 1995. Now, it’s just one in four.
The G20 should acknowledge that diseases like high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes are part of a system in which commercial actors are causing ill health.
Households that relied on groundwater and rainwater consumed 381–406 grams more sugary drinks per week than those with access to a piped water system.
Health leaders, researchers, advocacy groups, companies and the public have saved millions of lives by reducing the consumption of unhealthy products.
Sparkling water is more acidic than still water. But it’s a myth the bubbles damage your bones or impede digestion.
A year after the sugar tax was introduced, adults in the UK cut their sugar intake by two and a half teaspoons, on average.
Children, busy parents and young people can be more easily swayed by unhealthy food ads. We found campaigns aimed at all of them.
Sugary drinks cause weight gain and increase the risk of a range of diseases. But a tax can reduce sales and make us healthier.
A higher consumption of sugar leads to worse health outcomes, so we need to be mindful of the added sugar we eat.
The Food Standards Agency advises that children under four should not be given these drinks.
Hype around ultra-processed food may be causing unnecessary anxiety among people who already struggle with food or worry about their health.
Countries that have adopted clear food labels have seen the health benefits. Researchers explain how a new system to alert South African consumers to unhealthy choices was developed.
Taxation of sugar-sweetened drinks is not only inequitable, but also has the potential to create or perpetuate weight stigma, which has negative effects on mental and physical health.
New research shows that a ban on aggressive hi-vis promotion of sugary drinks could be far more successful in reducing consumption than a sugar tax.
The evidence is clear: a tax on sugary drinks would reduce consumption. All that’s needed is political leadership that prioritises health above the profits.
A ban on sugary drinks sale and advertisements in schools is likely to hold more promise in improving the diets of children and help prevent obesity in children than voluntary actions.
Between 2018 and 2019 Kenya registered a 30% spike in sugar production and an increase in sugar consumption.
Almost a quarter of a million New Zealanders have type 2 diabetes. If nothing is done to change the current trajectory, the number will increase by 70-90% within 20 years, warns a new report.
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Professor of Public Health, Griffith University
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow in Health Services Research, Deakin University
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Deputy Program Director, Migration and Labour Markets, Grattan Institute
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Assistant Professor of Religion, James Madison University
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Professor, Chair of Population Oral Health + Head of School, Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne
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Executive Director of Postgraduate Programmes, Surrey Business School, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Professor & Senior Principal Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Distinguished Research Chair, Globalization and Health Equity, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Deakin University
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Professor at the Police Academy, Police Academy of Lower Saxony
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Associate professor, La Trobe University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne