Sugary drinks have increasingly become a common part of people’s daily lives, with consumption rates reaching alarming levels ...

California’s excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB), which first kicked off in 2015, thus far only have had a modest impact on body mass index (BMI) in the community, according to a new study.

The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has asked the government to resist any temptation to impose tax on beverage ...

PETALING JAYA: While the sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax is in effect in over 100 territories in the world including Malaysia, where diabetes and obesity remain a major disease burden ...

He added that their vision encompasses not only economic resilience but also a transformative journey toward a sugarcane-based value chain as they push for critical policy changes, including a ...

HEALTH activists and SA Canegrowers find themselves at loggerheads in the runup to the 2025 budget announcement with one side saying that the sugar tax should be increased and the other warning of ...

While there has been renewed activism from health organisations for Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to increase the Health Promotion Levy (HPL), or sugar tax, in this year’s Budget ...