[WATCH]: Opening Args for a Sweetened Beverage Tax

This case tackles the most urgent health issue in the United States. Metabolic Syndrome is the US's major epidemic, affecting a third of adults. It is the driving factor in heart disease, diabetes, obesity, etc. It results from excessive sugar consumption, of which sweetened beverages are the major culprit. This video begins the Team Policy case by Butler/Butler for a tax to reduce the physical and financial harm which sweetened beverage consumption causes to the US For a professional presentation of the compelling science, see the "60 Minutes" episode entitled "Is Sugar Toxic?" by Dr. Sanjay Gupta (included in this

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