In this day and age, taxing sugar more heavily to make people’s diets healthier has become an approach that some nations have adopted. In this essay, I would evaluate both the pros and cons before proposing whether or not the positive aspect overperform its drawbacks.
On the one hand, there are some benefits associated with imposing a higher tax level on sugar to improve the diets of citizens. As sugar is highly affordable and can enhance the taste of many dishes, it is virtually present in many parts of our diets, causing excessive accumulation of fats that lead to health problems, ranging from obesity to cardiovascular diseases. If the price of sugar is made more expensive, its consumption may plunge, helping people eat better and avoid health issues. This would relieve a lot of burden on each citizen and the whole healthcare system.
On the other hand, this measure would have some problematic implications that should receive more attention. Sugar has been an important part of our diets for many centuries as it exists in various forms and in many types of food, which ultimately gives us energy to function. When the price of sugar increases, many food that has moderate amounts of it would have the price surged according, causing problems for people’s accessibility to food and prompting backlashs from general consumers.
In conclusion, after assessing both the positive and negative implications of the measure that imposes higher tax on sugar to improve people’s diets, I think that the benefits outweigh the negative aspects. As many food producers over-utilize sugar and are directly responsible for causing more health problems for consumers, sugar has long been a part of our diets.
As a result, imposing higher tax should only be applied for food that has unacceptable sugar content.