alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square120fedilinkarrow-up1912arrow-down111cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1901arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square120fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoWhat do the kids drink instead?
minus-squareZetta@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoSweetened tea gets a big L from me, tastes like shit. Unsweetened all the way.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month 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-up4·1 month agoPossibly just the sugar free equivalent on said drinks.
What do the kids drink instead?
Tears
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.