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According to The Global Burden of Disease Study unhealthy diet is the leading cause of death and chronic disease, especially when paired with a sedentary lifestyle. As published in the journal The Lancet, in this study risk factors for premature death were evaluated which included analyzing diets of individuals from 195 countries during 1990-2017, paying …
Chile has introduced a sugar tax which has been shown to be effective in reducing consumption of sugary drinks, although consumption has dropped it may not be enough to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in diet related health, as published in the journal PLOS Medicine. Some countries and cities have started to adopt taxes on sugary drinks …