South Australian eye surgeon Dr James Muecke has vowed to use his platform as Australian of the Year to advocate for measures to tackle preventable blindness caused by diabetes - including a tax on sugary drinks.
Dr Muecke, 56, was named Australian of the Year 2020 at a glittering awards ceremony in Canberra on Saturday night, in recognition of his work preventing blindness in Australia and the developing world.orthopaedic surgeon Munjed Al Muderis, the NSW Australian of the year who is lobbying for action on climate change
"Blindness is just one of many complications of diabetes and, as an eye surgeon, I see the end stages of the disease," Dr Muecke said. Dr Muecke said sugar was "as addictive as nicotine" and that consumers were "constantly bombarded by advertising" that, along with the high level of added sugar in processed foods, made it "very difficult" to maintain a healthy diet.
Sugar tax an absolute waste of time unless it includes a pasta bread rice tax. The obesity diabeties epidemic brought to you courtesy of the Seventh Day Adventist food pyramid. carnivorediet
STOP WITH THE TAXES!!!
Can't wait for Greg Hunt to disagree and bring a cup of sugar into Parliament.
I believe a tax will not help, it'll just make the people that are struggling trying to make ends meet harder. what we do need is education.
it was my understanding that fat was more dangerous than sugar in regard to diabetes so are they going to tax fatty foods as well
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