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?

As time goes by, people tend to consume processed food which contains very high levels of

sugar

.

This

does not only apply to

youngsters

, sadly. It is agreed that cuisines and beverages which contain much

sugar

in them must be made more expensive. Analysing how sugars affect the cognitive system of

youngsters

,

as well as

the long-term effect on elders will prove

this

idea.

First,

consuming sugary products on a daily basis for

youngsters

may cause them to have a condition called

sugar

rush.

Sugar

rush is a condition in which those who have consumed sugary food will most likely be more active than before and will find it hard to sleep.

Likewise

, after the

sugar

intake, the blood will be filled with

sugar

causing the

youngsters

to easily forget the lessons the teacher taught them in class.

This

phenomenon happens because

sugar

is relatively cheap on the market,

thus

the sellers will sell more sugary products than others.

Therefore

, it makes it clear that marking up the

sugar

price

will be one of the solutions to make people consume less

sugar

.

Second,

diabetes has been a widely known health issue since forever.

For instance

, there are approximately more than 50% of adults in Indonesia have diabetes.

This

is the implication of the lower

price

of

sugar

in Indonesia

in contrast

to other countries since

this

country is one of the big exporters of

sugar

in the world.

Thus

, it will be feasible to add up to the

price

of

sugar

to reduce the number of diabetic patients especially in Indonesia.

To conclude

, making the

price

of

sugar

commodity higher can be one of the measurements to reduce health problems. I agree that reducing the

price

will result in a rise in the health quality of the people. After a thorough analysis of the subject, it is recommended that the government make a policy which regulates the maximum number of

sugar

components in beverages and foods which are sold in the markets.