Fat Tax

Government could consider taxing food items high on sugar, fat and salt content and which don't have front-of-the-pack labelling

With the number of obesity cases shockingly on the rise across the country, state governments are starting to take effective measures to stop the main culprit - junk food. While there have been cases of banning sale of junk food in school canteens and talks of fat tax, now FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has also recommended an...

FSSAI has recommended additional tax on processed food and sugar-sweetened beverages, and also called for a blanket ban on advertising of junk foods

50,000 people attended a wedding in Bengaluru hosted by politician and mining tycoon G Janardhana Reddy. Not invited, but present nevertheless, were some tax officers who, according to sources, were discreetly appraising the lavish arrangements.

Britain on Thursday launched a strategy aimed at curbing childhood obesity by taxing companies which sell sugar-laced soft drinks and investing that money in programmes to encourage physical activity and balanced diets for school children.

A fat tax on high-calorie foods to encourage healthier lifestyle choices needs to be enforced universally on all foods containing trans fats rather than partially on fast foods, a leading cardiologist has suggested.

The fat tax debate continues. Are pizzas and burgers only to blame or do we have other sinful treats to worry about?

The opening salvos of the fight against fat have been fired in the southern Indian state of Kerala.

The Kerala government plans to impose additional tax on ready-to-eat chapatis by introducing 5% tax on packaged wheat products

The Left government headed by Pinarayi Vijayan has introduced a "fat tax" of 14.5 per cent on restaurants that sell junk food like burgers, pizzas and doughnuts.

Manufacturers of sugar-sweetened drinks in South Africa believe the tax could lead to job losses.

At some stores, prices are equal across all fat content; at others, prices decrease with fat content.

Small price differences in food products, which mimic a "fat tax", can be highly effective in shifting consumer demand from high calorie to healthier low calorie alternatives, say authors of a study that included Indians.

Big fat weddings across Karnataka could soon be crashed by a new luxury tax the government wants to impose.

Chief ministers, others to study Goods and Sales Tax in Canada, Japan.

Government could consider taxing food items high on sugar, fat and salt content and which don't have front-of-the-pack labelling

With the number of obesity cases shockingly on the rise across the country, state governments are starting to take effective measures to stop the main culprit - junk food. While there have been cases of banning sale of junk food in school canteens and talks of fat tax, now FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has also recommended an...

FSSAI has recommended additional tax on processed food and sugar-sweetened beverages, and also called for a blanket ban on advertising of junk foods

50,000 people attended a wedding in Bengaluru hosted by politician and mining tycoon G Janardhana Reddy. Not invited, but present nevertheless, were some tax officers who, according to sources, were discreetly appraising the lavish arrangements.

Britain on Thursday launched a strategy aimed at curbing childhood obesity by taxing companies which sell sugar-laced soft drinks and investing that money in programmes to encourage physical activity and balanced diets for school children.

A fat tax on high-calorie foods to encourage healthier lifestyle choices needs to be enforced universally on all foods containing trans fats rather than partially on fast foods, a leading cardiologist has suggested.

The fat tax debate continues. Are pizzas and burgers only to blame or do we have other sinful treats to worry about?

The opening salvos of the fight against fat have been fired in the southern Indian state of Kerala.

The Kerala government plans to impose additional tax on ready-to-eat chapatis by introducing 5% tax on packaged wheat products

The Left government headed by Pinarayi Vijayan has introduced a "fat tax" of 14.5 per cent on restaurants that sell junk food like burgers, pizzas and doughnuts.

Manufacturers of sugar-sweetened drinks in South Africa believe the tax could lead to job losses.

At some stores, prices are equal across all fat content; at others, prices decrease with fat content.

Small price differences in food products, which mimic a "fat tax", can be highly effective in shifting consumer demand from high calorie to healthier low calorie alternatives, say authors of a study that included Indians.

Big fat weddings across Karnataka could soon be crashed by a new luxury tax the government wants to impose.

Chief ministers, others to study Goods and Sales Tax in Canada, Japan.