[WATCH]: Denmark Ends Fat Tax - Could it Work Elsewhere?

"Citing a harmful effect on businesses and consumer buying power, lawmakers in Denmark have repealed the so-called fat tax, which was charged on foods high in saturated fats, after just one year. In a related decision, the Danish tax ministry said it was canceling plans for a sugar tax. "The fat tax is one of the most criticized we had in a long time," Mette Gjerskov, minister of food, agriculture and fisheries, said on Saturday during a news conference in Copenhagen, the day the repeal was announced. "Now we have to try to improve public health by other means."* Could a fat tax be helpful in fixing the obesity epidemic, or is it overreaching and over-controlling? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss what happened in Denmark's

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