Sugary Soft Drinks Essay

There are plenty of sugary soft drinks in the market today. Sugary soft drinks are included as drinks defined by the US Department of Agriculture and the US Department of Health and Human Services in their Dietary Guidelines for Americans as “sugar-sweetened beverages” that contain different types of sugars that contribute calories. Examples of these are lemonade, sports drinks, energy drinks, carbonated sodas and sweetened teas and coffees (Marrow,2011).
Sugary soft drinks are analogous to junk food. There is so many junk food on the market today. Junk food is also like sugary drinks in terms of contributing calories to the body. These food are basically unhealthy and add no nutrients to the body. Some examples of junk food include chips, cookies and candies. The grocery store is filled with junk food as well as sugary soft drinks. These items are easily available to people. Most of these items are also affordable allowing people to purchase junk food and sugary soft drinks easily. Sugary soft drinks should be taxed in order to change people’s habit of drinking these towards the goal of

Though sugary drinks are not the sole reason behind the obesity problem in the country, it is a significant contributor to the said problem. Similar to sugary drinks, junk food is also significant contributors to obesity among children, adolescents and adults. People make unhealthy choices in what they eat that is why they often choose junk food. Obesity as the studies show is a growing problem. The junk food available in the market continuously grows as well. The same with sugary soft drinks. This is why sugary soft drinks need to be taxed so that problems like obesity can be