<p>According to recent reports every two adults out of three in USA are suffering with high weight gain even children too and govt spends about estimated $190 billion a year in treatment of obesity disorders. High level consumption of sugar drinks in all age groups is become most important contributor of obesity related disorders.</p><p>In Australia about 20% tax over sugar drinks would have great benefits as reported by researchers of University of Queensland, Australia.</p><p>The tax over sugary drinks not only impact over reducing obesity disorder but also reduces an annual expenditure by $29 million and according to report this step highly affects young age groups having high level of consumption of sugary drinks.</p><p>&amp;quot;Our modeling scoped the effects over the lifetime of adult Australians alive in 2010,&amp;quot; Dr Veerman said. &amp;quot;We found there would be 800 fewer new Type 2 diabetes cases each year once the tax was introduced. &amp;quot;After 25 years, about 1600 fewer deaths would occur each year, with heart disease accounting for the largest share of this postponed mortality,&amp;quot; he said.</p><p>&amp;quot;There would be 4400 fewer people with heart disease at that time and 1100 fewer people living with the consequences of stroke.&amp;quot;&amp;quot;In effect, Australians would enjoy about 170,000 healthy life years that they would not have otherwise.&amp;quot;</p><p>According to reports University of Queensland working over this study with joint collaboration of World Health Organization and Victoria&amp;rsquo;s Obesity Policy Coalition. This important study recently appears ion PLOS with title: The Impact of a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages on Health and Health Care Costs: A Modelling Study. Note: the above story is for information purpose for more information go through original story source. Story source: University of Queensland</p><p>Journal references:</p><p>J. Lennert Veerman, Gary Sacks, Nicole Antonopoulos, Jane Martin. The Impact of a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages on Health and Health Care Costs: A Modelling Study. PLOS ONE, 2016; 11 (4): e0151460 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151460</p>