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"Fewer children in England have been having rotten teeth pulled out since the
sugar tax on soft drinks began, prompting calls for the levy to be extended to
sweets, biscuits and cereals.
The number of children aged 18 and under going into hospital to have teeth
extracted has fallen by 12% since the sugar tax came into force in April 2018.
The figures come from analysis of NHS data on hospital admissions of children
to have decayed teeth pulled out, undertaken by researchers from Cambridge and
Glasgow universities.
The trend means that an estimated 5,638 fewer children are having teeth
extracted under general anaesthetic every year compared with before the soft
drinks industry levy (SDIL) started.
The findings are based on an examination of the health records of almost 13
million children aged 18 and under in England, and are reported in a paper
published in
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health.
Overall there has been a drop of 3.7 admissions per 100,000 zero to
18-year-olds since 2018. The biggest falls were among children aged up to four
and from five to nine, where there were declines of 6.5 and 3.3 admissions per
100,000, the authors found.
“This is an important finding given that children aged five to nine are the
most likely to be admitted to hospital for tooth extractions under general
anaesthesia,” said Dr Nina Rogers, the study’s first author, from Cambridge
University’s medical research council epidemiology unit.
No improvement was detected among 10- to 14-year-olds or 15- to 18-year-olds."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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