Could a sugar tax help combat obesity?
Following the BMA’s call for a 20% sugar tax to subsidise the cost of fruit and vegetables, experts in The BMJ this week debate whether a sugar tax could help combat obesity.
July 29, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bma, bmj, cost, debate-whether, following-the-bma, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, subsidise-the-cost, sugar-tax, week
Guardian Examines Global Food Price Volatility
“Rising food prices and shortages could cause instability in many countries as the cost of staple foods and vegetables reached their highest levels in two years, with scientists predicting further widespread droughts and floods,” the Guardian reports in a story examining the significance of rising food prices worldwide…
October 27, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cost, food-prices, highest-levels, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, staple-foods, story-examining, the-cost, widespread
