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Sugar and Diabetes in Postwar South Africa (2021)

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In April 2018 South Africa joined a handful of countries that have introduced a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.¹ The implementation of the new levy was the culmination of a long campaign by activists, including public health professionals, and the growing evidence, derived from both local and international studies, of the relationship between sugar consumption (particularly sugary sweetened beverages or SSBs) and a range of health conditions. The South African evidence presented in the 2000s showed a marked increase in sugar consumption over the previous two decades and is often viewed as part of a larger ‘nutrition transition’ in the country

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Book Mika, Marissa Anne; Adjaye-Gbewonyo, Kafui; Vaughan, Megan (2021) Epidemiological Change and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Scott-Smith, Tom
Zon, Gerald
Aimé, Annie
Almenara, Carlos A.
Hay, Travis
Katherine Chandler
Concepts
Nutrition; dietetics
Medicine
Public health
Diabetes
Disease and diseases
Food and foods
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
19th century
18th century
17th century
Places
South Africa
Great Britain
South Asia
Antarctica
South America
United States
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