A 10% tax is most likely to reduce consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) to those most affected, namely adolescents.
The projected benefits may be small but still significant and will send an important message to the community.
A 10% tax is most likely to reduce consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) to those most affected, namely adolescents.
The projected benefits may be small but still significant and will send an important message to the community.
This Irish hospital CEO gets his salary bonuses from ‘Mars Bars’ sales. Profits from the sale of junk food in the kiosks are the apparent funding model for this hospitals senior management.
The Launceston General Hospital unfortunately ‘Dines with the Devil’ as well. The CEO, John Kirwan has told me that the funds from the sale of Junk Food via the hospital auxiliary buys much needed equipment for the hospital.
In particular the funds often go to bed purchases and the latest ‘big’ expense is now the purchase of ‘Bariatric’ beds. These are for those super obese patients. Continue reading
Read the letter, from Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Berkeley Media Studies Group, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN), Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, and The California Endowment here:
http://cspinet.org/new/pdf/cspi-open-letter-to-katy-perry.pdf