英語力向上・維持のための英作文～To maintain English skills 6

今日のIELTSライティングトピックは、肥満が問題になっている国でのジャンクフード税または砂糖税の導入について☝

そういえばここオーストラリアでもニュースでSugar taxについて最近良く耳にしていたのでけっこう書きやすかった♪

しかしながら、まともなことを書こうとするとある程度リサーチしないと全く議論にならないのでちと調べてしまいました(笑)

レストランとかでソフトドリンク頼むとだいたい$3もしてたのにSugar taxが導入されたら$3.28になるんですね😖

Anyway, let's get started!!

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic.

In some countries an increasing number of people are suffering from health problems as a result of eating too much fast food. It is therefore necessary for governments to impose a higher tax on this kind of food.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.

You should write at least 250 words.

Source:Ielts-exam.net

A significant number of people have health issues because of their favourite fast food. Thus, governments need to impose a higher tax on a particular type of food. I am in favour of the fast food or sugar tax, believing that it will save a huge amount of health care costs.

In some western countries, a substantial number of people have health issues such as obese, heart disease and high blood pressure. One of factors causing the health problem is their eating habit. Many of these obese patients like eating fast food and drinking sugary drinks. In fact, the young in Australia, particularly aged between 10 and 20 are reported that their daily sugar intake exceeds WHO recommendations.

Countries with obese problems have already imposed a higher tax on this type of food and shown positive effects. For example in Mexico, the government imposed a sugar tax in 2014 and later the sales of sugary drinks dropped substantially. Besides, Britain is following this trend and imposing a higher tax in 2018. Many advocates recommend to governments saying that imposing a higher tax in this type of food is effective and it will save billions of dollars for health care costs for the patients.

To sum up, many people have health issues due to their eating habits, addicting to fast food and sugary drinks. Governments should impose a higher tax on fast food and sugary drinks as this method has been proved as very effective in some countries. This will bring positive consequences on governments and consumers, saving health care costs and making them much healthier.

(265 words)