Mandy Park Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and the National Sugar-sweetened Beverage Tax Coalition have cautioned on the dangers of unbridled sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption, insisting that the SSB industry is increasingly undermining public health for profits. Both organisations, using research findings, accused the industry of deliberately promoting misleading narratives, clouding the public’s understanding of the true health implications associated with habitual consumption of their products. They indicted SSBs including soda and fruit drinks as playing a major role in the rising cases of obesity, diabetes and heart…
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