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A tax on sugar could help control our sweet tooth

By Dr Helmy Haja Mydin
A sugar tax is one way of encouraging us to decrease our sugar intake. — David Pacey/Flickr

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Unfortunately, this is also true in some less-than-savoury (no pun intended) achievements, such as being the country with the highest level of diabetes in South-East Asia.

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