The visiting vice-president of the French parliament spoke to the Health Select Inquiry into Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes. He encouraged New Zealand to follow France’s example and ban food and drink vending machines from schools.
He also told them that a sugar tax on “alcopop” drinks in France lead to a big fall in sales and that this shows regulating the sales of unhealthy food and drinks can be effective.
Read more: NZ Herald, 25 May 2006