Persuasive Essay About Sugar Tax

The issue of the sugar tax has been rolling recently the idea of it is a good idea I agree with it if they apply to all excessively sugary goods and not just soft drinks. Chocolate and cakes have the same amount of the sugar to soft drinks so there is no point of the sugar tax without applying to all the excessively sugary goods it will just affect the poor people because they are the only people who cannot pay for it. Many countries have already introduced a sugar tax, such as the United Kingdom, France and parts of the US and the rates of people that have obese are less than Australia. The most recent data (2005-2006) shows the children and adult in the united states consume about 172 and 175 kilocalories daily. It’s a good idea because there