Coca Cola Bottle Contains Sugar Level Twice The Amount Of Daily Sugar Requirement Of A Child -Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne

At the briefing

A Coca Cola Bottle contains nine teaspoons of Sugar that is around 35 Grammes although the daily requirement of Sugar for a child is four teaspoons or around 19 Grammes and due to this situation Children who are  drinking  Cola Bottles often  are prone to non communicable diseases easily According to Minister of Health,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr.Rajitha Senaratne.

Speaking at a press briefing held in Galle Face Court-2 of the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo this noon during the final day of the World Health Organization's South East Asia Regional Health Minister's Summit ,Sri Lankan Health Minister has stated the importance of reducing the consumption of Sugar by the Population to reduce the spreading of Diabetes in Sri Lanka.

As Diabetes is one of the four major non communicable diseases which most of the Sri Lankans dying  of annually Health Ministry will soon introduce the color code system known as sugar coat traffic light system which indicate the sugar levels contains in a food or drink bottle to sugary food items available in the  market he has stated.

This Color Code System has already been  implemented for Sugary Drinks known as Soft Drinks in Sri Lanka since 01st of August he has stressed.

In near future steps will be taken to impose tax for Sugary Drinks based on the sugar levels contain in a Drink Bottle Health Minister has stated."It Doesn't matter who are opposing it will take stern action against those soft drink manufacturers who are manufacturing soft drinks by using more than four teaspoons of sugar.In United Kingdom such a system has been implemented and Sri Lanka is the first country in the South East Asia region to implement a color code system for soft drinks"  Minister has stressed.