A number of debates have taken place around the possibility of a sugar tax, and the positives and negatives impacts this may cause.  Although Australia has one of the largest overweight and obese populations in the world, we still have no strategy to combat obesity. Six in ten Australians are overweight or obese, and statics shows that by 2025 this number will rise to 80 percent.

The Executive Manager of Obesity Policy Coalition, Jane Martin, joined Nathaniel Keesing on The Daily to talk about this.