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There's no doubt that the refined sugar presents one of the biggest obstacles to keeping a healthy body weight. Today, the food industry is gradually becoming notorious for placing it in almost every imaginable products, but soft drinks take the cake (pun intended) when it comes to sugar content. It is a well-known fact that producers like Coca-Cola place exceedingly large amounts of sugar in their products.
Now, Australia is thinking about employing a sugar tax which would place additional taxation on these products. Britain is planning to do something similar by 2018, which is the reason why the mentioned giant of Coca-Cola is planning a lawsuit against that proposal.
Now, Australia is thinking about employing a sugar tax which would place additional taxation on these products. Britain is planning to do something similar by 2018, which is the reason why the mentioned giant of Coca-Cola is planning a lawsuit against that proposal.
However, in Australia, the soft drinks industry hit back by claiming that the levy would kill jobs in the same domain. Read more on the subject in the Sidney Morning Herald article.
The IT industry is one of the big consumers of soft drinks, so any change in their availability could impact the overweight individuals working in that sector. In many companies, the vending machine is more frequented that the water cooler, so any move that could change this fact would be more than welcomed.
The IT industry is one of the big consumers of soft drinks, so any change in their availability could impact the overweight individuals working in that sector. In many companies, the vending machine is more frequented that the water cooler, so any move that could change this fact would be more than welcomed.
