Tax on sugary food may make us live longer

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Soft drinks on sale Source: AAP

To put tax on sugar food and subsidise on healthy food may help to increase two more years of healthy lives of Australians, according to the researchers at the University of Melbourne. Meanwhile, A new report shows the cost of dementia in Australia is estimated to reach more than $1 trillion by 2025, and more than 6.4 million Australians will be diagnosed with dementia in the next 40 years.



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