Sugar tax may prevent millions of dental procedures, study suggests (www.abc.net.au)

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Health experts have thrown their support behind the proposal, which aligns with long-standing recommendations from the World Health Organization.

Researchers suggest money generated from the proposed tax could be used to strengthen oral health services, improving access and cutting costs at the dentist.

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[-] arbilp3@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This post is about Australia.

You do have a seriously inequitable food system in the US. This is a sad and unnecessary situation.

Studies tend to show that sugary drink taxes do have some effect on better health outcomes. For example<

https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/5-takeaways-from-the-evidence-on-sweetened-beverage-taxes/

It is the poor who bear the brunt of ill health in large part due to only being able to afford cheap, bad-quality processed food. Sweetening the poison only adds more poison. Stand up for clean water in the US which you have problems with too:

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/americas-failing-drinking-water-system

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