Study: Hefty tax on soda would reduce UK obesity

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Study: Hefty tax on soda would reduce UK obesity

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/study-hefty-tax-soda-reduce-uk-obesity-051924483.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MT..5v8BWVQxPvjaCMjJXQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/82bdd43fd2bddb24410f6a706700e8da.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007 file photo, a person eats in London. Researchers at Oxford University and the University of Reading estimated a 20 percent tax on soft drinks in Britain would reduce sales by 15 percent and could cut the number of obese adults by about 180,000. Though the number works out to a modest drop of 1.3 percent in obesity, scientists say that reduction would still be worthwhile in the UK, which has a population of about 63 million and is the fattest country in Western Europe. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007 file photo, a person eats in London. Researchers at Oxford University and the University of Reading estimated a 20 percent tax on soft drinks in Britain would reduce sales by 15 percent and could cut the number of obese adults by about 180,000. Though the number works out to a modest drop of 1.3 percent in obesity, scientists say that reduction would still be worthwhile in the UK, which has a population of about 63 million and is the fattest country in Western Europe. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) â€" Slapping a 20 percent tax on soda in Britain could cut the number of obese adults by about 180,000, according to a new study.</p><br clear="all"/>

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