Sweden is expected to adopt a tax on fatty food after a group of government economists this week said their research confirmed the move would slim people and trim national healthcare costs.
A fat tax is about to take hold in nearby Denmark, and the Norwegian health ministry is in favour.
But a popular Swedish doctor is threatening to fight the fat tax “on health grounds.”
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my Scandinavian friends, you have my deepest sympathies
