A promotion that undermines prevention. The National Union of Dental Students (UNECD) has published a statement Friday January 26 in which she tackles the operation launched by the Intermarché group which sold off jars of Nutella. The 70% promotion even caused riots on Thursday, January 25.
The UNECD sees an “inconsistency” in the prevention against the dangers of sugar. “How can we, future dentists and future caregivers, hope that our prevention message will have any impact as a result of this? What would the anti-tobacco prevention currently being carried out look like if tobacconists could make a 70% reduction tomorrow on a whim?”, asks the UNECD.
Willingness to extend the soda tax to other products
“What is the point of asking health students to get involved in the health service if the State does not really consider the issue of prevention as a whole?” she continues.
In this press release, the UNECD mentions the report of March 4, 2015 of the World Health Organization (WHO) which called for not exceeding 25 grams of sugars per person per day.
The UNECD also insists on the impact of excessive consumption of sugars, described as a “major public health burden” which “contributes to the development of pathologies such as diabetes, obesity and dental caries”.
The dental surgery students ask the authorities to take “the necessary measures in the face of these commercial practices”. They also hope that a reflection will be initiated on the taxation of sugary products, in the extension of the soda tax. For future dentists, it is necessary to react to what they call “the Nutella affair”.
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