Pastries, Cheese, gras, foie and many other French culinary delights are full of dietetic sins. But now the children are getting more and more obese and the myth that French people can eat anything and maintain their body weight is fading. This is the reason the government is trying to fight back.
A new anti-fat idea, which suggests increase in taxes on extra-fatty, sugary and salty foods, is being presented to French officialdom.
According to an expert report, current taxes on different unhealthy considered food items are 5.5 percent and now these taxes are being increased up to 19.6 percent.
On Tuesday, The findings of this confidential and under discussion report were leaked to Les Echos newspaper.
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