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Re:EU opens child safety probes of Facebook and Instagram, c... by pietervdvn on Thursday May 16, 2024 @08:32AM (#40377527)
> Do we ban sugar, or regulate its consumption?

Actually, yes: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/how-taxing...

One attempt to reduce sugar consumption was by taxing it. I don't know how effective it is though, but it was at least attempted.

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Re:EU opens child safety probes of Facebook and Instagram, c... by mtmail on Thursday May 16, 2024 @08:59AM (#40377818)
Related to Europe https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/WHO-EURO-2022...

"Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes in the WHO European Region" "Taxes were in place in Belgium, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Monaco, Norway, Portugal and the United Kingdom" "The taxes were implemented in the context of health policy commitments to prevent NCDs, which present a major health burden." (NCD = Non-communicable disease)

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