{"id":24569,"date":"2022-03-04T07:30:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T12:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/news\/prise-de-position-sur-linstauration-dune-taxe-sur-les-boissons-sucrees-dediee-a-la-prevention-2\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T15:16:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T19:16:45","slug":"position-statement-on-the-introduction-of-a-tax-on-sugary-drinks-dedicated-to-prevention-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/news\/position-statement-on-the-introduction-of-a-tax-on-sugary-drinks-dedicated-to-prevention-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Position statement on the introduction of a tax on sugary drinks dedicated to prevention in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Diabetes Qu\u00e9bec believes that preventive measures must be put in place to reduce the pressure on the health care system and promote the health and well-being of the population in Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collateral effects of the pandemic on lifestyle habits, such as physical activity and diet, suggest worrying consequences on health. In 2020, Diabetes Quebec had taken a position on the subject <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/news\/prise-de-position-sur-linstauration-dune-taxe-sur-les-boissons-sucrees-dediee-a-la-prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, Diabetes Qu\u00e9bec is once again joining forces with the <strong>Coalition Qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise sur la Probl\u00e9matique du Poids, Capsana, the Heart and Stroke Foundation <\/strong>and the<strong> Canadian Cancer Society<\/strong> to invite the government to introduce a tax on sugary and energy drinks that would be reinvested in prevention as a promising strategy to reduce the pressure on the healthcare system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View the full brief <a href=\"https:\/\/cqpp.qc.ca\/fr\/nos-interventions\/investir-en-prevention-pour-reduire-la-pression-sur-le-systeme-de-sante\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diabetes Qu\u00e9bec believes that preventive measures must be put in place to reduce the pressure on the health care system and promote the health and well-being of the population in Qu\u00e9bec. The collateral effects of the pandemic on lifestyle habits, such as physical activity and diet, suggest worrying consequences on health. In 2020, Diabetes Quebec&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"15514,15510,7588,7531,12718,12656","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[151,156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-position-statements-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24569"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27212,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24569\/revisions\/27212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}