The sugar tax imposed on soft drinks in Britain led to a significant drop in the amount of sugar in people’s diets, according to a long-term study involving the University of Cambridge. One year after it came into force, children were consuming 4.8g per day less sugar, while adults’ intake had dropped by 10.9g. Most of this drop was down to consumption of less sugar from soft drinks – slashing 3g off children’s daily sugar consumption and 5g off that of adults. However, people are still eating too much sugar overall, the researchers found, and are not meeting UK or World Health Organisation (W…