article_snippet: Professor Jebb, is expected to call for a tax on fizzy drinks to help tackle the issue.
article_snippet: Professor Jebb, is calling for a tax on fizzy drinks, which have no nutritional value but rot teeth, to start a series of new, tougher measures, to change the way society perceives unhealthy food and drink.
article_snippet: Both the Conservatives and Labour have ruled out introducing a tax on junk food and fizzy drinks if the Conservatives and Labour are to win the election on May 7.
article_snippet: She said fizzy drinks are a good place to introduce food taxation, because fizzy drinks have no nutritional value and rot teeth.
article_snippet: We need legislation of some variety, Professor Jebb is absolutely right, some kind of tax on fizzy drinks is a no brainer, we should have seen it 10 years ago.'
article_snippet: Professor Jebb pointed to evidence in Mexico where the number of people drinking fizzy drinks dropped dramatically after The Government introduced a 10 per cent tax on sugary beverages.
article_snippet: Just over half of the 1,500 people questioned said Just over half of the 1,500 people questioned have reduced Just over half of the 1,500 people questioned intake of sugary drinks since the fiscal measure was implemented.
highlights_snippet: Government anti-obesity adviser calls for taxation on fizzy drinks .
  