Sugar tax

Experts want to make sweets more expensive

According to nutritionists, the introduction of a sugar tax could make an important contribution to health prevention.(Bild: P. Huber)

Those responsible at the Working Group for Preventive Health Care (aks) warn of rising sugar consumption and increasing illnesses. Could a sugar tax counteract this serious problem?

Chocolate croissant, muesli and cocoa milk in the morning. Fruit bars during the break, ketchup on chips at lunchtime, yogurt in the afternoon and a "healthy" multivitamin juice in between. What sounds like a normal diet for children is actually a veritable flood of sugar. Even at breakfast, many children and adults consume more sugar than the World Health Organization recommends for the whole day. And often without realizing it - because sugar is no longer just found in sweets. The consequences: Exploding figures for obesity, diabetes and other diet-related diseases.