Acting Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services, Dr Jemesa Tuidravu, said during the multi-sectoral stakeholders’’ workshop on NCDs, Suva on Friday, that a study on food systems and nutrition highlighted the lack of healthier food options around school, various barriers to nutritional practices, including affordability.
So very true!
I am diabetic and find it nearly impossible to find non-sugar foods and beverages, e.g., jams, soft drinks, biscuits, and cakes, to name a few items.
Healthy foods.
Local soft drink manufacturers only have Coke No Sugar—why not 7 Up?
Why do other soft drink manufacturers have non-sugar options?
Perhaps the government needs to legislate mandating that a percentage of their production needs to be non-sugar (at an affordable cost and exercise tax-free).
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