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The story appears on Page A12 October 12, 2016 Free for subscribers Related News Global Lens on China 外媒看中国 Photo Sets Epidemics: WHO calls for sugary drinks tax GOVERNMENTS should tax sugary drinks to fight the global epidemics of obesity and diabetes, the World Health Organization said yesterday. A 20 percent price hike could cut consumption of sweet drinks by the same proportion, it said in “Fiscal Policies for Diet and Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases,” a report issued on World Obesity Day. Drinking fewer calorific sweet drinks is the best way to curb excessive weight and prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes, although fat and salt in processed foods are also at fault, WHO officials said. “We are now in a place where we can say there is enough evidence to move on this and we encourage countries to implement effective tax on sugar-sweetened beverages to prevent obesity,” Temo Waqanivalu, of WHO’s department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Promotion, told a briefing. Obesity more than doubled worldwide between 1980 and 2014, with 11 percent of men and 15 percent of women classified as obese — more than 500 million people, the report said. An estimated 42 million children under age 5 were overweight or obese in 2015, said Francesco Branca, director of WHO’s nutrition and health department, up by 11 million over 15 years. The US has the most obesity per capita, but China has similar absolute numbers, Branca said, voicing fears that the epidemic could spread to sub-Saharan Africa. The WHO said there was increasing evidence that taxes and subsidies influence purchasing behavior and could be used to curb consumption of sweet drinks. Latest News Beijing preparing for heavy pollution for following three days Trapped Chinese tourists safely evacuated from quake-hit area in New Zealand Hidden books on Chinese subways met with mixed response Eco-activists swim Dead Sea to raise awareness ‘Monster’ hairy crabs crowned Latest World News Leaked memo claims UK government split over Brexit Evacuations underway in quake-hit New Zealand ‘Doctor Strange’ wins box office for second weekend November supermoon closest full moon since 1948: NASA Trudeau leads the tributes to an enduring icon Hopes push Wall Street to record high Explore the site Education, Entertainment and culture, Environment, Expat community, Health and science, Society, In-depth, Services... Basketball, Boxing, Cricket, Golf, Diving, Rugby, Soccer, Tennis... Art and culture, Community, Education, Animal planet, Travel... Book, City Scene, Film, Home and design, Now and Then, Style, Technology, The Week... Multimedia Services - About Us - Terms of Use - RSS - Privacy Policy - Contact Us - Shanghai Call Center: 962288 - 广播电视节目制作许可证:沪字第354号 - 增值电信业务经营许可证:沪B2-20120012 Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved. Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
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Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija (WHO) pozvala je u utorak vlade da povećaju poreze na zaslađena pića kako bi se borile protiv globalne pretilosti i epidemije dijabetesa. Ukoliko se cijene zaslađenih napitaka dodatnim porezima povećaju 20 posto proporcionalno će pasti njihova potrošnja, navodi se u izvješću 'Porezna politika za prehranu i prevenciju neprenosivih bolesti' Pretilost se više nego udvostručila od 1980. do 2014. i 11 posto muškaraca i 15 posto žena klasificirano je kao pretilo što je više od 500 milijuna ljudi u svijetu, kaže WHO. Procjenjuje se da je 42 milijuna djece mlađe od pet godina u 2015. pretilo, prema ravnatelju odjela WHO-a za prehranu i zdravlje Francescu Brancu. To predstavlja porast od oko 11 milijuna u proteklih 15 godina. U dodatku na to oko 422 milijuna odraslih u svijetu pati od dijabetesa. Prema WHO-u sve je više dokaza da porezi i subvencije utječu na kupovne navike potrošača te bi se to moglo iskoristiti da se ograniči konzumacija zaslađenih napitaka i bori protiv pretilosti i dijabetesa. 'Sada možemo reći da postoji dovoljno dokaza i potičemo zemlje da provedu učinkovite porezne reforme', kazao je koordinator u odjelu WHO-a za neprenosive bolesti i unaprjeđenje zdravlja Temo Waqanivalu. SAD ima najvišu stopu pretilosti u stanovništvu, a Kina ima slične ukupne brojeve među muškarcima i ženama, kaže Branca. Zaslađeni napitci popularni su u latinskoj Americi i stanovništvo Čilea i Meksika pripada najvećim potrošačima. Prema preporukama WHO-a iz ožujka 2015. odrasli i djeca iz obje Amerike i Zapadne Europe te Bliskog istoka moraju prepoloviti unos šećera kako bi smanjili rizik pretilosti i uništavanja zubne cakline. To znači da bi ljudi trebali smanjiti unos šećera na manje od deset posto u ukupnom unosu izvora energije u prehrani ili na 50 grama raznih šećera za odrasle dnevno. WHO kaže da je pet posto još bolji cilj. - Sviđa vam se članak? Preporučite ga prijateljima putem ovih servisa: Pošaljite mailom