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  "id": 1751459,
  "title": "Mauritius: Diabetes - Sweet Poison Vs Sugar Tax",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/mauritius-diabetes-sweet-poison-vs-sugar-tax",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-18T16:34:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608180641.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "[L'Express] Nearly one in five Mauritians lives with diabetes - one of the highest rates in the world -, a statistic that has climbed steadily despite a sugar tax first introduced in 2013 and expanded and doubled since. The policy was meant to be a turning point but, as sugar remains woven into everything from festive cakes to processed snacks lining supermarket shelves, taxing sugar content…",
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        "title": "Mauritius: Diabetes - Sweet Poison Vs Sugar Tax",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/mauritius-diabetes-sweet-poison-vs-sugar-tax-1761002",
        "published": "2026-08-18T16:34:51.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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