Diet Coke for sale in a Chinese supermarket. A new World Health Organization report recommends that nations adopt fiscal policies, including taxes, that raise the retail price of sugary drinks to fend off obesity and diabetes — and the health care costs that go with them.
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The World Health Organization has already urged us to cut back on sugar, limiting added sugars to no more than 10 percent of our daily calories.
So, how might policymakers get people to follow this advice? In a new report, the WHO is urging governments around the world to <a href="http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/250131/1/9789241511247-eng.p…