France has banned restaurants from offering free
soft drink refills over the risk of obesity and
diabetes. The ban which was first passed in April
2015, took effect on Friday, January 27, 2017
after the government said no restaurants should
offer unlimited refill of soda and other sugary
drinks for free.
According to NY Times, the move by France is in
line with WHO recommendations, which has
urged countries to impose a tax on sugary drinks
to battle the increase of obesity in the World.
However, a recent Eurostat survey of adult obesity
put the French at 15.3%, which is just below the
EU average of 15.9%.
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