Key Takeaways
The U.K. is including more milk-based sugary drinks in its sugar tax
The original tax forced many manufacturers to halve the sugar content in high sugar beverages to avoid the tax
This new policy prevents thousands of childhood obesity cases annually, according to researchers
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