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'Eat less, exercise': or else sugar tax

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The latest proposal for a sugar tax on soft drinks has received a mixed response. Image: Tax on softdrinks? (AAP)


New data from social researchers follows a call earlier in the year from the World Health Organisation urging countries to tax sugary drinks.

 

 

It is estimated obesity costs Australian taxpayers around $5.3 billion each year.

 

 

 

 


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