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MEXICO: Plans for sugary drinks tax unveiled
2013-09-10 12:37:13| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Mexico's president has announced plans to introduce a tax on "sugary" drinks in a bid to tackle the country's obesity rate.
Uganda: Museveni Directive Threatens New-Found Sugary Opportunities
2013-09-04 08:32:10| Sugar Industry News
Patrick Pande, a resident of Nsamule village in Nawaikoke sub-county, Kaliro district, has never known a better life than he has had in the year. Yet he is now a worried man, following a directive from President Museveni. In 2011, after decades of growing food crops, Pande, who owned over 500 acres of land, decided to convert a fifth of his land to sugarcane growing on learning that Sugar and Allied Industries Limited (SAIL), was to be constructed near his home.
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Taxing sugary beverages not a clear cut strategy to reduce obesity
2013-07-31 05:41:54| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
The study, published online in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics , found that a half-cent per ounce increase in sugar-sweetened beverage prices, which adds up to about ten cents on a typical 20-ounce bottle of soda, could reduce total calories from the 23 foods and beverages examined under the study.
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Coke's marketing chief rejects calls for tax on sugary drinks
2013-06-21 19:54:23| Beverages - Topix.net
Top marketer says soft drinks giant is 'easy to demonise' and it is up to individuals to adopt healthy lifestyles to beat obesity "If you are sitting on your ass all day then have a Diet Coke."
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East Texans react to proposed sugary drinks ban
2013-05-29 22:02:32| Beverages - Topix.net
School is almost out for the summer, but that's not stopping Texas lawmakers from discussing a new law that will revamp vending machine contents for public elementary and middle schools this coming fall.
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