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In light of Mexico?s recent commitment to a tax on sugary drinks and junk food, new public opinion data from the Obesity Policy Coalition has revealed that Australians are also in favour of pricing interventions to curb bad eating habits.
The Obesity Policy Coalition (which is a partnership between Diabetes Australia - Vic, Cancer Council Victoria and the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention at Deakin University) commissioned a survey of over 1,200 Australian adults in 2012, asking them if they would be in favour of a tax on both sugary drinks and junk foods to help reduce the cost of healthy food and support health programs.
The results found that two thirds of respondents (64 percent) were in favour of a tax on soft drinks to help reduce the cost of healthy food for people on low incomes with 42 percent of respondents strongly in favour.
http://www.foodmag.com.au/news/australians-in-favour-of-junk-food-tax-survey-find
The Obesity Policy Coalition (which is a partnership between Diabetes Australia - Vic, Cancer Council Victoria and the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention at Deakin University) commissioned a survey of over 1,200 Australian adults in 2012, asking them if they would be in favour of a tax on both sugary drinks and junk foods to help reduce the cost of healthy food and support health programs.
The results found that two thirds of respondents (64 percent) were in favour of a tax on soft drinks to help reduce the cost of healthy food for people on low incomes with 42 percent of respondents strongly in favour.
http://www.foodmag.com.au/news/australians-in-favour-of-junk-food-tax-survey-find