Unlimited soda refills are now banned in France starting Jan. 27. This is a way of the country's contribution in their fight against obesity.
Based on Time Magazine's report, other drinks that are high in sugar were also not allowed for an unlimited refill. This ban covers all areas that serve these kinds of drinks such as but not limited to hotels, school cafes and restaurants. No establishment is allowed to have any soda fountain at this point.
It is the goal of France to push healthy alternatives to their citizens. The country also now imposed a soda tax for sweetened drinks in order for people to be less motivated in consuming these kinds of beverages.
Schools are now no longer allowed to have vending soda machines in the facility and students will experience limited consumption of french fries. This kind of junk food will only be served once a week in schools.This may upset some, especially the younger generation, but at the end of the day, this is actually something that would benefit their health in the long run.
The French are not exactly suffering from obesity compared to countries like the United States and Canada. However, they are doing this ban in order to prevent their people from having to experience obesity since they still have about 41% of women who are obese and 57% of their men are also overweight.
The country is still trying to lower that number, if not completely eradicate it as soon as possible. Their implementation of this new rule is still in line with the regulation and recommendations made by the World Health Organization (WHO). Yahoo also said that taxing these beverages resulted well in statistics with people no longer wanting to buy or sell it and this is based on WHO's statistics.
