Fruit juices get a free regulatory ride in South Africa because the sugar in them is natural.
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We found that evidence cited by three organisations - a big corporate and two industry lobby groups - was either not evidence at all, or had been twisted to suit the industry’s narrative.
Sugar taxes may not prevent obesity and associated conditions overnight, but they can be part of the solution.
South Africa has one last hurdle to cross before it implements a sugar tax to prevent a wide-range of obesity related non-communicable diseases.
The reality is that the move to introduce a sugar tax in South Africa is necessary because of the scourge of non-communicable diseases and obesity in the country.
The decision to tax sugary drinks in South Africa faces furious industry opposition, but global experience shows industry cannot be trusted to put public health before profits.
South Africa’s massive and growing obesity epidemic has much to do with people’s excessive daily sugar intake.
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Researcher, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science, PRICELESS SA, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Researcher & Post-doc in Human Nutrition, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Research fellow, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Sociology, Aston University
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Sessional lecturer, University of Reading
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Professor in Criminology, University of Bristol
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Professor, DSI/NRF/NDP SARChI Chair in Nutrition and Food Security and Director ARUA CoE Food Security, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer, Department of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Nutrion Scientist, University of Pretoria