Sugary drinks should be taxed at 20 per cent to tackle obesity, the British Medical Association has said.In a Food for Thought report on unhealthy diets, the body called for extra money raised to be used to subsidise fresh fruit and vegetables, amid estimates that poor diets cause 70,000 premature deaths each year.The 20 per cent tax would be on all non-alcoholic based water beverages with added sugar, including sugar-sweetened soft drinks.It would mean a 65p can of fizzy drink would cost at...
