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Each can of a sugar sweetened beverage has nine teaspoons of sugar. This is more than the recommended daily limit of six. Shutterstock

August 25, 2016

South Africans have a sweet tooth so shouldn’t say no to a sugar tax

Karen Hofman, University of the Witwatersrand and Aviva Tugendhaft, University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa's massive and growing obesity epidemic has much to do with people's excessive daily sugar intake.

Sugary drinks are high in energy and lead to weight gain and obesity. Justin C./Flickr

April 13, 2016

Australian sugary drinks tax could prevent thousands of heart attacks and strokes and save 1,600 lives

Gary Sacks, Deakin University; Jane Martin, University of Melbourne, and Lennert Veerman, The University of Queensland

It's time for Australia to follow the UK's lead and increase the price of sugary drinks.

The beverage industry provided shops in Mexico with free fridges. Takamex/Shutterstock.com

March 22, 2016

What the world can learn from Mexico’s tax on sugar-sweetened drinks

Elisa Pineda, UCL

All eyes have been on Mexico since they imposed a tax on sugary drinks – and now the data is in.

South Africans need to reduce the number of sugar-sweetened beverages they consume. shutterstock

November 24, 2015

Obesity: why South Africans need to can soft drinks

Aviva Tugendhaft, University of the Witwatersrand and Karen Hofman, University of the Witwatersrand

With one can of cool drink containing six teaspoons of sugar – your recommended sugar intake for the day – there is a need to reduce the number of sugar-sweetened beverages South Africans consume.

Top contributors

Karen Hofman
Program Director, PRICELESS SA, Wits/MRC Agincourt Rural Health Transitions Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
Aviva Tugendhaft
Deputy Director, PRICELESS SA, Wits/MRC Agincourt Rural Health Transitions Unit, Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Elisa Pineda
UCL
Lennert Veerman
Lennert Veerman is a Friend of The Conversation.

Senior health economist, Cancer Council NSW
Gary Sacks
Senior Research Fellow, WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University
Jane Martin
Executive Manager of the Obesity Policy Coalition; Senior Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne