英国可能推出“糖果税”以控制小儿肥胖_社会生活

英国可能推出“糖果税”以控制小儿肥胖

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2014-06-25 08:17 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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A "sugar tax" should be introduced by the UK government to help curb¹ obesity² in childhood, a campaign group says.

英国政府可能将推出一项“糖果税”以帮助控制小儿肥胖问题。

Action on Sugar has produced a seven-point plan to discourage children from consuming foods and soft drinks with high levels of added sugar.

The group wants measures brought in to cut added sugar in food by 40% by 2020, to cut fat in foods and to ban sports sponsorship by "junk food" companies.

The Department of Health has said it will consider the recommendations.

Action on Sugar is a group of specialists concerned with sugar and its effects on health. It says one in five 10 to 11-year-olds in the UK are now obese³, while one in three are overweight.

The group has produced an action plan for the government following a request for its views from Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

The seven proposed measures are:

Reduce added sugars in food by 40% by 2020

Ban all forms of targeted marketing⁴ of ultra-processed, unhealthy foods and drinks to children

Disassociate physical activity with obesity by banning junk food sports sponsorships

Reduce fat by 15% in ultra-processed foods by 2020

Limit the availability of ultra-processed foods and sweetened soft drinks as well as reducing portion sizes

Introduce a sugar tax to incentivise healthier food

The group's chairman, Prof Graham MacGregor, said current policies were not working and that obesity could be prevented if "the food environment is changed".

"The UK requires the implementation⁵ of this coherent（连贯的，一致的） strategy, starting by setting incremental⁶ sugar reduction targets for soft drinks this summer. No delays, no excuses," Prof MacGregor said.

Dr Aseem Malhotra, cardiologist and science director of Action on Sugar, said it was "really quite shameful⁷ that the food industry continues to spend billions in junk food advertising⁸ targeting children".

"It's time to bust⁹ the myth of physical activity and obesity and dissociate junk food and sport," he added.

A Department of Health spokesman said: "We know some people eat too many calories including sugar. Childhood obesity is at its lowest since 1998 but more should be done.

"Next week we will get expert scientific advice on sugar which will help shape future thinking. We will consider these recommendations as part of this."

Earlier this year Dame¹⁰ Sally Davies, the chief medical officer for England, said a sugar tax may have to be introduced to curb obesity rates.

She told a committee of MPs that she believed "research will find sugar is addictive¹¹", and that "we may need to introduce a sugar tax".

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1 curb
n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制
参考例句：
I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。 You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

2 obesity
n.肥胖，肥大
参考例句：
One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。 Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。

3 obese
adj.过度肥胖的，肥大的
参考例句：
The old man is really obese,it can't be healthy.那位老人确实过于肥胖了，不能算是健康。 Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.又胖又懒危害健康。

4 marketing
n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西
参考例句：
They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。 He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

5 implementation
n.实施，贯彻
参考例句：
Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

6 incremental
adj.增加的
参考例句：
For logic devices, the incremental current gain is very important. 对于逻辑器件来说，提高电流增益是非常重要的。来自辞典例句 By using an incremental approach, the problems involving material or geometric nonlinearity have been solved. 借应用一种增量方法，已经解决了包括材料的或几何的非线性问题。来自辞典例句

7 shameful
adj.可耻的，不道德的
参考例句：
It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。 We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。

8 advertising
n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的
参考例句：
Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗? The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

9 bust
vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部
参考例句：
I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。 She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。

10 dame
n.女士
参考例句：
The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。 If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。

11 addictive
adj.(吸毒等)使成瘾的，成为习惯的
参考例句：
The problem with video game is that they're addictive.电子游戏机的问题在于它们会使人上瘾。 Cigarettes are highly addictive.香烟很容易使人上瘾。

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