obesity rate in the U.S.

Soda tax is an increased tax that is trying to be put on our sodas in order to help epidemic
obesity in the U.S. This is a big issue because, why does each person in the U.S. have to pay the bill of
obesity by paying extra pennies for their sodas. There should be a better solution .Also ,if you search
little bit about it ,we ,as a society, are working a lot on obesity issue ,our doctors, professors, health
organizations, our neighbor, our parents … and so on, they are all warning us and educating us about
obesity. So why do we need that extra tax?

There are some states in the U.S. that are already have the soda tax, but are still ranking one of
the highest states in obesity; Arkansas and Virginia. They are ranked 5th and 6th i in the U.S. So, is that
telling us that the soda tax is already working for the U.S.? Of course not, as the results show us
Americans even though the extra pennies they are paying for each soda, will continue the way they are
consuming it and the obesity is still the problem.

Group 4 presented that problem very successfully and told us that the soda tax is not going to
change the way we are consuming soda. Clark mentioned about Arkansas and Virginia’s problem with
obesity fact and the level they were ranked in the U.S. As I listened to them and took notes these are the
key evidences that we see so far.