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?

Some people argue that sweetened

food

should be made more costly in order to discourage

sugar

consumption and

to

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ensure a healthier lifestyle. I completely disagree with

this

opinion, as it is my firm belief that reduced

sugar

intake

is based on health awareness, rather than on economic incentives.

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in

price

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of

sweetned

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sweetened

food

is not a solution for reducing its

intake

. The crux of

this

issue lies in the lack of healthcare awareness. Since people are unaware of potential problems associated with the over-

intake

of

sugar

, they will continue

this

behaviour, especially those who enjoy taking desserts. Excessive

intake

of sugary foods can lead to multiple health problems,

such

as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and coronary heart disease, and the public should be educated on

this

topic. Only by enlightening teenagers, adults and elderlies

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perils of excessive

sugar

intake

can bring about a drop in

sugar

usage. Another reason why making

sugar

expensive is unable to curb its usage is that

sugar

is an everyday necessity. Sweeteners are an essential part of our diet and it is difficult to cook a decent meal with markedly reduced

sugar

. Even though the

price

of

sugar

is elevated,

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amount of

this

seasoning is needed for making

food

tasty and desserts attractive. If restaurants are forced to prepare foods with less

sugar

, it is predictable that the underseasoned

food

will not be welcomed. Worse, if the

price

of

sugar

was raised and become less affordable to

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public, wealthy families may even use sugary

food

as a means to flaunt wealth.

Therefore

it is impractical to believe

this

policy is effective in limiting

sugar

use. In conclusion, it is

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my opinion that increasing the

price

of

sugar

and related foods is not the answer to lowering its use. Given

this

situation, it seems that education on

sugar

-related health problems is the most effective method to decrease

sugar

usage.