Alcohol, unhealthy diet kill over 10m yearly – WHO
Every year, 2.6 million people die from drinking alcohol, while over eight million also lose their lives from an unhealthy diet, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). In a statement on Tuesday, WHO therefore called for increased taxes on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) to reduce deaths from these habits. It said that imposing taxes on alcohol and SSBs …