The fall in hospital admissions may have saved more than 5,500 hospital admissions for tooth decay alone, and the largest reductions were in children aged up to nine years old.
Sugar-sweetened drinks account for around 30 per cent of the added sugars in the diets of children aged one to three years and over 50 per cent by late adolescence. In England, nearly 90 per cent of all tooth extractions in young children are due to decay, resulting in around 60,000 missed school days a year.
The World Health Organization has recommended a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks to reduce sugar consumption, which more than 50 countries have implemented.
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