South Africa's massive and growing obesity epidemic has much to do with people's excessive daily sugar intake.
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It's time for Australia to follow the UK's lead and increase the price of sugary drinks.
All eyes have been on Mexico since they imposed a tax on sugary drinks – and now the data is in.
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.
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Professor and Program Director, PRICELESS SA ( Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Stregthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Deputy Director, PRICELESS, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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PhD researcher, UCL
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Lennert Veerman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Public Health, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Executive Manager of the Obesity Policy Coalition; Senior Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
