article_snippet.sent: The Local Government Association, which represents councils that are responsible for public health, accused soft drink firms of ‘dragging The Local Government Association, which represents councils that are responsible for public health heels’ when it comes to minimising sugar in The Local Government Association, which represents councils that are responsible for public health products.
article_snippet.sent: It said children under the age of ten get almost a fifth of children under the age of ten sugar intake from soft drinks.
article_snippet.sent: The LGA is calling for a fifth of the VAT raised on sugary drinks, sweets and takeaway food to go to councils to pay for public health schemes.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Products like these are fuelling the obesity crisis and helping wean a generation of overweight children.
article_snippet.sent: We are calling on the sector as a whole to step up and show more corporate responsibility.
article_snippet.sent: ‘We’ve made and continue to maintain a firm commitment to low-sugar innovation, and through product formulation, price promotion and portion sizes we seek to offer the best choice in flavours, calories and formats.
article_snippet.sent: He said He product does not include refined sugar, which the WHO says is more harmful than naturally occurring fruit sugars.
article_snippet.sent: We are a small company competing with huge multinational businesses which are just chucking sugar into drinks because it is cheap.
article_snippet.sent: We use a much more healthy natural sweetener which costs 2.5 as much as refined sugar.
highlights_snippet.sent: Local Government Association accused soft drink firms of ‘dragging Local Government Association heels’ when it comes to minimising sugar in Local Government Association products .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Local Government Association said children under ten get almost a fifth of sugar intake from soft drinks .