alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoThe amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found.www.theguardian.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIs this tax not hurting the most vulnerable group the most?
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoThat’s why I favor outright banning added sugars, or even better, improve their lives so much that they don’t want to fill the void with sugar.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoWell to start, everything that’s included in this sugar tax. Does anyone really need this garbage? But really, it’s more important to give people lives that are good so they don’t get sucked in to unhealthy behaviors. Give people something to live for any they won’t kill themselves.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoHow is banning sweet food in its entirety supposed to help give people something to live for? It only makes life shitter
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoNot what I said. I said I prefer a ban instead of a tax. A tax just bans sugar for the poor. A ban effects everyone, so it’s fair and more effective. But also, the optimum solution instead of a tax or a ban would be to make people’s lives better so they don’t kill themselves.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI wonder how much diabetic deaths would increase with no easy access to sugar
Is this tax not hurting the most vulnerable group the most?
That’s why I favor outright banning added sugars, or even better, improve their lives so much that they don’t want to fill the void with sugar.
Banning added sugar? From what?
Well to start, everything that’s included in this sugar tax. Does anyone really need this garbage?
But really, it’s more important to give people lives that are good so they don’t get sucked in to unhealthy behaviors.
Give people something to live for any they won’t kill themselves.
How is banning sweet food in its entirety supposed to help give people something to live for? It only makes life shitter
Not what I said.
I said I prefer a ban instead of a tax. A tax just bans sugar for the poor. A ban effects everyone, so it’s fair and more effective.
But also, the optimum solution instead of a tax or a ban would be to make people’s lives better so they don’t kill themselves.
I wonder how much diabetic deaths would increase with no easy access to sugar