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Abe Maddison

Appetite for sugar tax to fight diabetes and obesity

An inquiry into diabetes and obesity has concluded sugary drinks should be taxed. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

A 20 per cent tax on all sugar-sweetened drinks should spearhead efforts to stem Australia's diabetes epidemic, a parliamentary inquiry has found.

The year-long inquiry into the nation's fastest-growing chronic disease made 23 recommendations aimed at strengthening the government's response to diabetes and obesity.

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