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Silent Assassin: Health groups call for a sugar tax on soft drinks

Anita Beaumont
Updated January 21 2022 - 5:47pm, first published December 13 2021 - 8:00am
'No nutritional value': Experts call for sugar tax
'No nutritional value': Experts call for sugar tax

Proposals to introduce a sugar tax to address obesity and other chronic health problems like diabetes are a "last century solution to a modern-day problem", the Australian Beverages Council says.

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Anita Beaumont

Anita Beaumont

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Anita Beaumont is a health and general news reporter at the Newcastle Herald.

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