The UK government has set out a plan to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under 16s due to negative impacts on children's physical and mental health.
The new proposals to ban their sale to under-16s will help boost kids' health by stopping retailers from selling the drinks to children in a move that could prevent obesity in up to 40,000 children and deliver health benefits worth tens of millions of pounds.
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