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Cheap sugar and booze blamed for rising global health crisis


Cheap sugar and booze blamed for rising global health crisis

January 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM

Sugary drinks and alcoholic beverages are becoming increasingly affordable due to consistently low tax rates in most countries, fuelling obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancers, and injuries, especially among children and young adults, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.

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