Irish Examiner view: Sweet success of sugar tax 

The €2m drop in income from the Sugar Sweetened Drinks Tax (SSDT) last year suggests it is an effective way to protect public health

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.