alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoThe amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1912arrow-down110cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up1902arrow-down1external-linkThe amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found.www.theguardian.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square95fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoWhat do the kids drink instead?
minus-squareZetta@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoSweetened tea gets a big L from me, tastes like shit. Unsweetened all the way.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoThe tax was on the soft drink companies. To avoid it almost all of them changed their recipes to reduce sugar (partially replacing it with artificial sweeteners).
minus-squareNythos@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoPossibly just the sugar free equivalent on said drinks.
What do the kids drink instead?
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Possibly water, or perhaps tea
With more sugar
Sweetened tea gets a big L from me, tastes like shit. Unsweetened all the way.
The tax was on the soft drink companies. To avoid it almost all of them changed their recipes to reduce sugar (partially replacing it with artificial sweeteners).
Possibly just the sugar free equivalent on said drinks.