Irish Examiner view: Sweet success of sugar tax

Sugar is regarded as one of the key culprits in the rise in obesity. Picture: PA/thinkstockphotos
Long before the pandemic underlined how obesity is a real health challenge it was recognised as an affliction in our world — the affluent, first world at least.
Obesity is a consequence of many things but lifestyle and the capacity 0r otherwise to live a physically energetic life are foremost among them.