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

#food #drink #products #levels #sugar #health #shpuld #people
There are many
products
 on markets’
shelf
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shelves
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 with too
much
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many
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 levels of
sugar
, which is a serious health
issues
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issue
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.
This
 essay shows two positive aspects
to increase
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of increasing
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sugar
products
’ prices.
On
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In
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 my view, I
considered
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consider
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 that it´s worth increasing their prices to encourage a change
consumers’
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in consumers’
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 habits related to sweet
products
.
In addition
, companies are going to
force
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be forced
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 to reduce the levels of
sugar
 in their
products
.
Firstly
, people will consider other options more affordable and healthier
instead
to buy
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of buying
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 expensive
sugar
products
. Nowadays, consumers have less money to buy their groceries,
therefore
 they will consider
to get
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getting
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other thing
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another thing
other things
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,
such
fruits
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as fruits
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, vegetables, grain
products
 or
meet
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meat
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.
For instance
, I used to
by
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buy
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 a product
call
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called
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 sweet milk “leche condensada” but
this
 one
bump
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bumped
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 up considerably.
Thus
, it has been months since I
last
 bought
this
 product, and I replaced
this
 with
others
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other
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 healthy milk
products
.
Secondly
,
industry
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the industry
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 will see their selling
sugar
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of sugar
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 items will
decreased
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decrease
be decreased
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 significantly.
Therefore
, new healthy or less sweet foods will
design
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be designed
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 and
sell
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sold
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 to recover their revenues and
costumers
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customers
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.
For example
, the main Colombian companies
who
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that
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shows
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make
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 big
purchase
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purchases
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 of sugary food have launched many diet
products
, free
sugar
, and
change
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changed
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 the
sugar
by
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with
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 stevia, which
it
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apply
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has
showed
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shown
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 remarkably beneficial and less risky. In conclusion, many
sugar
item
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items
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 which are sold in the markets could
became
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become
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 healthy, if their prices bumped up. The people
considers
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consider
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 twice before they
bought
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buy
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 those, and the companies will design free
sugar
 foods to keep selling. In my opinion, expensive sugary
products
 would be an amazing idea to reduce
the
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sick people’s medical reports around the world.
Submitted by Andrea Barreto on

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coherence cohesion
Work on enhancing the logical flow between your points. Some ideas are presented but lack clear connections or transitions to guide the reader smoothly from one thought to another.
coherence cohesion
Ensure all main points are sufficiently supported with clear and relevant examples or explanations. Some arguments could be made more compelling with additional details or clearer connections to the main thesis.
task achievement
Aim for a more comprehensive task response by fully addressing the prompt. Make sure each idea is clearly linked to your argument about increasing sugar prices.
task achievement
Expand on some of your ideas for clarity. The essay should maintain a clear focus and direction throughout all arguments, with each paragraph clearly linked back to the thesis.
task achievement
The essay effectively presents a clear position in favor of increasing prices on sugary products to change consumer habits.
task achievement
You provided specific examples, like the product "leche condensada," to illustrate your points, making your arguments more tangible and relatable.
coherence cohesion
The conclusion successfully reiterates the main points and further emphasizes your stance on the issue.

Structure your answers in logical paragraphs

The easiest way to score well on the IELTS Task 2 writing portion is to structure your writing in a solid essay format.

A strong argument essay structure can be split up into 4 paragraphs, each containing 4 sentences (except the conclusion paragraph, which only contains 3 sentences).

Stick to this essay structure:

  • Paragraph 1 - Introduction
  • Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion

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