UK Mulls ‘Pudding Tax’ as New Study Shows Kids Eat 18 Years Worth of Sugar by Age 10

Officials at Public Health England are poised to call for a “pudding tax” on selected categories of products in order to reduce children’s sugar intake and fight childhood obesity. File photo via JacMac34/pixabay.com

LONDON—British health officials are poised to push for a “pudding tax” to wean Britons off sugar, blaming the sweet stuff for fueling the UK’s obesity crisis.

The so-called “pudding tax” would likely target those food categories—cakes, biscuits, and sweets—that have failed to make the cut in the government’s anti-obesity plan.