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Health­i­er, not more ex­pens­ive products? How the sug­ar tax should work

An article in Apotheken Umschau picks up on the current debate about a sugar tax and discusses whether it could effectively reduce sugar consumption - especially among children and adolescents.

Prof Dr Anette Buyken from the Paderborn University is also involved. She emphasises that such a tax could, above all, encourage the industry to produce drinks with less sugar - an approach that has already proved effective in other countries.

Click here for the article.