Sugar Tax……….Health Promoting Hospitals (Guardian letter. 20th January 2016)

“I agree, a sugar tax should be introduced (Report, 18 January), but only if it is part of a multifaceted approach. Instead of hospitals focusing on sickness, they should move increasingly into health promotion, beyond their responsibility for providing clinical and curative services. Health promoting hospitals will have benefits for patients, staff and the local community.”

Michael Craig Watson
Associate professor of public health, University of Nottingham

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