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The outgoing Cabinet has developed five possible variants of a sugar tax that can be levied on non-alcoholic soft drinks. The aim is to make drinks with little or no sugar cheaper, like diet sodas and oat milk. Other drinks with a great deal of sugar, like Red Bull, would become more expensive.This should help in the fight against obesity, the Cabinet believes. It will be up to the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Parliament, to choose from those variants, an adapted version, or to reject them outright.
Netherlands residents’ exposure to chemical substances isn’t measured, but estimated, the Dutch Health Council said on Thursday. “As a result, the government has insufficient insight into the exposure and lacks the data necessary to monitor and improve policy,” the Health Council said.
Early detection of lung cancer in older smokers appears to be more effective than quitting. Earlier diagnosis via CT scan offers a better chance that treatment will work.
The Netherlands is the “European sitting champion,” according to a study by TNO. A quarter (26 percent) of the Dutch population aged 15 years and older sit more than 8.5 hours per day on average, compared to 11 percent in the rest of the EU.