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Adding Weight to Sugar, Stopping the World Getting Bigger

     The number of people living with obesity nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016, with more than 600 million adults are obese, making it an imminent public health problem  (Case et al., 2022; Grout et al., 2022) . Health problem such as non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases dan type 2 diabetes mellitus, are mainly caused by obesity and poor diet  (Case et al., 2022; Grout et al., 2022; John et al., 2022) . To tackle these causes, one of the government’s strategies is using their power to control the consumption by implying taxes on sugary foods and beverages.