Remember when we said that 65% of the people in Australia were overweight, just below Mexico, the United States, New Zealand and Finland.
The country's obesity rate is 30 percent, up from 19.8 percent in 2000, and 25 percent of people over the age of 15 are now obese or overweight.
Health groups also say Australia is one of the fattest countries on the planet, and apart from the fact that so many Australians have gained weight because of their own exercise and eating habits, there are other reasons why carbonated drinks are the top culprit for overeating sugar.
Now that Coca-Cola has announced that it will change its formula in the hope of reducing sugar in its Australian and New Zealand products, why did it suddenly announce that it would? It turns out to be related to the sugar tax.
Amatil Alison Watkins, head of Coca-Cola's Australia division, told Coca-Cola's annual shareholders meeting this week that she did not believe the sugar tax would be good for public health, but there was no way out.
So the bureau will reduce sugar content in Australia and New Zealand by 10% by 2020.
To tell you the truth, Coca-Cola tastes good and exciting, but it does taste sweet and even a little bit greasy. It took the editor to finish a full jar of 250ML in the summer. I don't know how you feel when you drink it.
Coca-Cola has been optimizing sugar reduction since 2015, redesigning 22 products to reduce sugar in its major brands and introducing a sugar-reducing or sugar-free version.
For example, the introduction of zero-degree Coca-Cola, the so-called sugar-free taste is indeed a lot worse than the original.
In addition to the sugar / sugar-free version of the product, they now have to change the formula of the original product.
Watkins points out that there are two approaches, one is to gradually reduce the sweetness, and the other is to replace some sugars with natural sweeteners.
Previously, Nestl é, Tesco, Pepsi Coke and Kellogg also promised to reduce sugar content in their products.
After all, more than 30 countries, including the UK, Ireland and Mexico, will impose sugar taxes by the end of this year because of growing consumer demand for sugar consumption and taxes on sugar.
The aim is to help the people cope with the obesity crisis, I have to say, the government is concerned about everyone's health.
Earlier, Stephen Duckett, a former head of the Federal Health Department, proposed a surcharge on sugar in Australia to reduce the amount of sugar consumed by Australians from soft drinks, with a tax on sugar content in non-alcoholic water-based beverages. An additional 40% tax is expected for every 100 grams of sugar.
So if Coca-Cola's formula changed and it didn't drink so well, would you still support sugar taxes?