20 Sep 2022 --- UK prime minister Liz Truss faces mounting pressure not to scrap the sugar tax on soft drinks, which has been in force for several years, and keep healthy food strategies that have previously been laid out on track. According to health groups, stepping back on nutrition food policies might fuel obesity and crucially, any funds raked in from the sugar levy in Britain over the last four years, will be spent funding obesity-related treatment via the NHS.