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The government of Seychelles plans to start taxing sugary drinks in efforts to curb the rising obesity levels. The new tax system set to begin in 2019 has not yet been set. The World Health Organization (WHO) advocates for taxation of sugary beverages as the most effective measures of reducing sugar caused diseases and conditions. According to Barathi Biswanathan, the cardiovascular unit program manager...

According to a new Global Vegetarian Index, Seychelles is the world’s most vegetarian –friendly country. Oliver’s Travel conducted the rankings and the index calculation was based on countries’ annual meat consumption per person, number of vegetarian restaurants and number of vegetarian restaurants in proportion with the population. Seychelles came in the first place. According to a...