Obesity is generally recognized as a major public health problem globally. Ireland is by no means immune to the problem with rising rates of obesity and high rates amongst children. It is a complex multi-factorial problem. Finding effective solutions is hard. Some have suggested taxation as one instrument and there have been tentative steps in this direction in a few jurisdictions.
The UCD Institute of Food and Health (in conjunction with the Geary Institute) is running a half-day seminar on Fat & Sugar Taxes on June 8th in UCD, I will be presenting an overview of the economics perspective (joint with my colleagues Clare Delargy & Colm Harmon).
Reblogged this on Push Dump Fat Button.
NYC ban on king-size sugar drinks will be interesting. I imagine it will meet with huge resistance from vested interests – dressed up as “nanny state trying to stop m choosing to drink gallons of potentially lethal liquid if I want !” So why not let cinemas sell 64 oz cups of bleach and paraffin ?
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