Arguably we all love the taste of sugary drinks but experts have discovered that result of many ailments are attributed to our excess love for sugary drinks.
According to Heart health experts, drinking one can of a sugary drink a day increases the risk of dying from heart disease by a third.
As a result they have launched a hard-hitting poster campaign to challenge the damage they claim is caused by the likes of Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
One poster highlights the risk of heart disease, while a second warns that drinking one can of full sugar fizzy drink a day could lead to weight gain of 6kg –over a stone – in a year.
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The campaign called GULP – Give Up Loving Pop – has been created by the Health Equalities Group, based in Liverpool, which is supported by the NHS and local authorities.
GULP also highlights links between the drinks and tooth decay and type 2 diabetes.
Sugar has been labelled the ‘new tobacco’ by some health experts, who warn it is fuelling a national obesity epidemic, particularly among children.
Recent research by the University of Liverpool claimed that added a 20p tax to the drinks would save thousands of children from diabetes, cancer and heart disease.
They argued such a levy would prevent 1,100 cases of cancer in London alone, as well as reducing the number of people who develop diabetes by 6,300 and cut the number of people suffering from coronary heart disease or strokes by 4,300.
Based on these figures, it seems tens of thousands of cases of disease could be prevented if the 20p per litre tax was adopted across the entire UK.
Over 60 organisations - including Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, British Dietetic Association, CitizensUK, Faculty of Public Health, Netmums and Unison - have already backed the campaign for a sugary drinks tax.
Read More: UK daily Mainoline
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