Many manufactured food and drink products contain high levels of sugar, which causes many health problems. Sugary products should be made more expensive to encourage people to consume less sugar. Do you agree or disagree?

Several health issues are caused by manufactured food and drink that contain high levels of

sugar

. Some believe that their prices should be increased to persuade

people

to lower their consumption of

sugar

. In my opinion,

instead

of raising the prices, other measures should be introduced to help cope with the problem.

First

,

tax

should play an important role to help deal with the health problem of overconsuming

sugar

.

For instance

, in Thailand, the government requires each manufacturer to pay taxes according to the level of

sugar

in their products, the more

sugar

, the higher

tax

, and vice versa.

As a result

, each manufacturer needs to reduce their

sugar

level in order to pay less

tax

and keep their price stable and competitive in the market. Another solution is to encourage

people

to do more physical activities.

For example

, parks, gyms, playgrounds and other sports facilities should be provided by government or local authorities and

people

should be able to access them without charges.

In contrast

, nowadays, most

people

spend their weekends going to shopping malls because not enough public spaces are available.

This

finally

results in

people

gaining weight because the majority of

people

spend less time exercising. In conclusion, in my opinion,

people

should not be responsible for higher prices of sugary products,

instead

, the government should introduce a more effective measure to lessen the

sugar

level of products by using

tax

, while at the same time, providing more public spaces

such

as parks and gyms that

people

can use for exercising.