For a will, sugar-sweetened drinks have been taxed and are improving people diet and there is a lot of research on junk food being taxed and how it can also improve people diet. In places were sweetened drinks have been taxed the people are paying the taxe but for junk food researcher have found that taxing the people will have no impact. If people are not taxed than manufacturers should be taxed, and studies have shown, when manufacturers are taxed than they are more likely to increase prices which will stop people from buying junk food and make people look for healthier food. Junk food has caused an increased rate of obesity and one way the government is trying to fight this is by having fat taxes which tax unhealthy food and sugar-sweetened …show more content…
When manufacturer get taxed they are given the choose to improve there produce or increase their price, when price is increased it helps the community because there is less by junk food. A tax that may affect manufacturers is the fat tax that is just made for unhealthy food and drink and categorize junk food so that people know what they are eating. This tax may affect manufacturers by having them follow guide line that limit their ability to make sugar filled food. In America the city that are taxing sugar drink are focusing on taxing consumer, but it is not affect because in some place consumers are not even being taxed and evidence of obesity deceasing can not be seen until ten years after the starting of the taxing of sugar drinks, so it is not clear if taxing consumers is the best idea. In a country like Hungry and Denmark taxing manufactures has been successful. When taxing manufacturers consumers are more likely to stop buying unhealthy food and replace it with healthy …show more content…
When the nutrition label is changed it will help in the taxing junk food because when the nutrition label is improved people will understand why that type of food is being tax. When the nutritional label improves then the manufacturer will have product that need to show how much sugar the product and will discourage people from buying that product. When the government changes that nutritional label they are showing that they think that junk food should be taxed and that sugar is hurtful to the human body like stated in the article Some Progress on Eating and Health, "But by including “added sugars” on the label, the F.D.A. is siding with those who recognize that science shows that added sugars are dangerous. This is an acknowledgment by the agency that sugar is a big problem.” This shows that taxing junk food when the nutritional label is changed is easier to improve
“This Article constructively critiques the two arguments that public health advocates have made in support of anti-obesity soda taxes or junk food taxes. Part II discusses and critiques the first argument, an economic externalities argument that government should tax soda or junk food to internalize the disproportionately high health care costs of obesity. Part III discusses and critiques the second argument made by public health advocates, that government should adopt anti-obesity measures to improve population-wide health. Consider possible unintended consequences of anti-obesity proposals. Obesity policy debates present a conflict of fundamental values, such as health, fairness, efficiency, and autonomy. Part TV attempts to reconcile these values and responds to the "personal responsibility" objection to soda taxes and food taxes. Part V considers various factors that would affect behavioral responses to proposed soda taxes and food taxes and addresses concerns that such taxes would be regressive and thus unfair to low-income consumers. Part VI suggests the way forward for public health advocates, including a proposal to enact a tax on nutritionally poor foods and drinks, paired with a salient benefit. This Part also recommends enactment of a federal system of food classification, based on nutrient-profiling methods, along with a federal system of front-of-package nutritional labeling.” (Pratt)
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While nobody denies we have a problem with taxation in this country for food, beverages, and everything that we buy in general, I believe that we should have a fat tax to detour people from buying soda and other fattening foods. We should also ban sodas and other fattening foods from vending machines in schools, and replace them with more healthy selections.
Governments would just be continuing to cause problems because another huge problem in America is there are already way too many people without jobs. When going to the store to get a soda, is there really much to think about when drinking sweetened goods has become a part of an everyday lifestyle. Why would someone suddenly put a tax on something which so many have loved and became addicted to. If there was a tax put on everything people have come to love there would be a huge tax for everything. Bittman does not think that putting a tax on sugar sweetened beverages would affect the jobs of people because he believes it would get made up by the selling of their other products. However it is important to realize that most places would not be passing this until 2018. Although, people really do need to realize what these sweetened products are doing and the reason why taxing for these goods is not looking so
“Woe to he who chooses to smoke cigarettes every day. Woe to she who buys large amounts of alcohol for her house. Woe to anyone who eats fatty foods or sugary drinks. Do not these miserable wretches realize how grotesquely unhealthy they are?” Presently, America’s government and citizens view these and other unhealthy behaviors as punishable sins. Whether this is due to a holier-than-thou complex, an overbearing concern for the well fare of every last one of America’s citizens, or a genuinely good-natured intent, it is impossible to say. However, the argument can be made that the taxes either already imposed or being deliberated onto these products are an absurd violation of our American freedoms.
Ranging from heart disease to diabetes the consequences of unhealthy eating are well known across the population, yet not much is being done to stop this. According to the World Health Organization, it is projected that by 2030, Diabetes will become the 7th leading cause of death in the world. Why let things spiral out of control and continue postponing a sugar tax? If there is anything that the US government can do is impose this tax. Even if the change is small in comparison to the entire population of the US, these are potential lives being saved. Just like the worst case scenario of smoking is lung cancer, the worst case scenario of obesity is diabetes. Excess sugar should be considered as big of a threat as any other potentially addictive chemical, and should therefore be taxed like one for the safety of the
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
It is sad. People from all races and backgrounds are obese. In a recent survey done at Henry Ford College, 43 percent of students were overweight. Whether it is because they do not follow a healthy diet or they inherited it from their parents. Being overweight is correlated with lacking exercise or physical activity and not watching what is on the plate. Obesity can cause many illnesses, including diabetes, which is very common. As the debate whether soda tax should take effect arises, critics say that the tax will help those with obesity-related illnesses. What about exercising and maintaining a healthy lifestyle? These two factors cannot be forgotten knowing they are the most important. Americans have consumed 12 percent of soda and become less active since 1970. A soda tax aims to stop consumers from buying soda to help those who are obese. This will not be effective. Therefore a soda tax will not be good public policy.
It is also significant to consider federal food policy, which accounts for why junk food is
The government plays an important part in our safety, but many people think they take it too far. Recently, people have thought more and more about how much involvement the government should have when it comes to food regulations. Some people think the government's involvement in regulating food would greatly help obesity rates, and others think the country's obesity rates would show little to no improvement. Although no one cause of obesity exists, and no government regulations will likely alter someone’s lifestyle choices, the government should implement some regulations by implementing programs to educate and encourage citizens to lead a healthier life and by requiring companies to list a full disclosure of ingredients on their products.
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Obesity has continued to grow and affect not only the lives of the individual with obesity and their families but also the society around them. We have learned that from the growth of obesity money problems arise and the price of health care has risen. I believe that because of this problem nutrition labels are an important part of food for consumers. People should be watching what they eat if necessary and nutrition labels should be trustworthy and looked at wisely. Since this is important I feel that the government should have a say to what goes on the labels and making sure that they are informative to the American society. The FDA, which is the US Food and Drug Administration, are part of the US government Department of Food and Health. Their goal and slogan is “Protecting and Promoting Your Health.” The FDA has a very important role in nutrition labels and the protection of helping people become aware of what they are eating. Since their role is important the government should definitely continue to regulate what goes on the labels and how they can continue to help bene...
Levying taxes on junk and fast food seems like a logical and effective method to curb America's obesity epidemic, but in reality increasing the final price of a Coca-Cola or bag or chips would not yield significant change in the consumption of such products, thus having little to no effect on public health. It is common knowledge that obesity rates in Americans are among the highest in the world. What once was considered a problem that only the wealthy faced, now is most prevalent in low- and middle-income areas of the United States and the world. Financial climate, consumer income, and the business of the food industry all converge to make the issues of obesity and related diseases ones that will never be solved by a single tax policy.
Manitoba, a place knew for adoring new and high taxes, refused to add junk food taxes because they knew that it was going to be a waste of time and there would not be any positive results (5). The many studies of junk food taxes have soon other countries that it is not going to work. People will find other alternative to get the sugary high they need. A study in a small city showed that soda intake decreased for a small amount of time and then it increased again, as well as the sales on beer increased (Luciani P.
From morning muffins that contain as much calories as a cupcake, to chocolate bars that have more than 600 calories, In America is no doubt extremely easy to get overweight. Recently, Health researchers are seeking to take legal ways to curb obesity--to impose taxes on high-fat food such as candy, soda and chips, so that consumers can give up “unhealthy diets”. This kind of tax on “unhealthy food” is called “fat tax”, which has raised great controversy in America. However, in my opinion, the government should not impose tax on fattening food, because not all high-fat food are considered unhealthy, it raised the cost of sugar products, and we should solve obesity issues in America and China.