Deakin U researchers found that hiking the price of “sugary drinks” by 20 per cent reduced sales by 27 per cent in a 17-week trial, making it a great way to address the nation’s obesity and dental problems. Good-o but as surveys go this is not the fizziest of findings. The trial was at a (as in one) convenience store at a Melbourne hospital
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