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

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Admittedly,
people
 who consume more high levels of sugar
food
 and drink products will lead to many
health
 issues. Some believe that we could discourage
people
 to buy these products by increasing their
price
. I disagree that it would help to resolve the matter. In
this
 essay, I will discuss my viewpoints.
Firstly
, the increase in the
price
 of sugary
food
 would not significantly decrease the number of consumers. If the products are still affordable,
people
 would like to remain their eating habits.
For instance
, Hong Kong rose the tobacco tax greatly in 2009,
however
, the number of smokers was just slightly decreased.
In other words
, the effect of an increase in the
price
 of a product does not have a dramatic effect on consumer behaviour. More importantly, other than eating too much sugary
food
, there are several factors that affect citizens’
health
 status. At
first
, modern
people
 who live a sedentary lifestyle is the major factor. In our daily life, we work more than eight hours in front of computers. After work, we spend our leisure time watching TV or movie for hours. We spend a lot of time sitting.
Furthermore
, due to the fast living pace,
people
 seldom have any time and feel fatigued after work. As a consequence, they might not have the motivation to do exercise.
This
 kind of lifestyle is detrimental to
people
’s physical well-being. Accompany with the consumption of sugary
food
,
people
 lead to obesity and cause
health
 problems. In conclusion, the
health
 issues of the public are caused by different factors,
such
 as lifestyle, doing exercise regularly and balanced diet.
Therefore
, I believe that the consumption of sugary is only one of the factors for the matter and the increase in the
price
 could not resolve the problem.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • health problems
  • manufactured food and drink products
  • sugary products
  • excessive sugar consumption
  • discourage
  • promote
  • healthier choices
  • reduce
  • increased taxes
  • fund
  • health education
  • prevention programs
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