Sickly sweet: Healthy Together Mildura backs sugar tax as obesity levels swell

HEALTHY Together Mildura has thrown its support behind a 20 per cent price hike on sugary drinks, as proposed by 34 of Australia’s leading health organisations.The Tipping the Scales action plan is the latest push to curb the alarming rate of obesity across the country, using an eight-point strategy.Currently 63 per cent of Mildura’s adult […]