Their editorial comes in response to the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh conference on obesity today, which backed the call for a sugary drinks duty and called for a debate to start in Scotland on it. The Herald's editorial concludes: "a healthier diet and better lifestyle encouraged through taxes is a worthy aim, but it will not be easy, it will not be quick and it will test the boundaries between state aspiration and individual choice."
Sustain is calling for a Children's Health Fund, funded by a sugary drinks duty.
Sugary Drinks Duty: Support the campaign for a sugary drinks duty, to pay for programmes to improve childrens health and protect the environment they grow up in.
