Sugary Drinks Tax!

Ahead of the Cameron’s much-anticipated Childhood Obesity Plan scheduled for early 2016, Action on Sugar is today urging the prime minister to adopt its six point evidence-based action plan to prevent the UK’s obesity and type 2 diabetes crisis from spiraling out of control. The annual cost to the NHS of obesity alone is a staggering £5.1 billion and Diabetes UK estimates that the NHS is already spending about £10 billion a year on diabetes – costs that are not sustainable for the NHS. Within the obesity plan is a call on government to implement a sugar duty on all sugary drinks. With children on average consuming more sugar than recommended, this is increasing incidences of obesity, type 2 diabetes and tooth decay, the number one reason for primary-school-aged children being admitted to hospital. Support our campaign and tell your MP that more needs to be done!