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THE Unite union called yesterday for a tax on sugar and a ban on the advertising of sugary drinks to protect Britain’s children from obesity.
The call comes amid a sharp rise in obesity and diabetes among British children.
Unite urged the ban following the release of a report by the scientific advisory committee on nutrition advising the government to halve the current recommended intake of sugar in a bid to tackle the growing obesity and diabetes crises, estimated to cost the NHS £15 billion a year.
Unite’s professional officer for public health and school nursing Ros Godson said: “Health visitors and school nurses are constantly trying to persuade families, children and young people to eat more healthily.
“Now the latest in a series of independent evidence-based reports specifies more clearly that dietary sugar, in all its guises, needs to be halved to reduce diabetes, obesity and tooth decay.”
