What Is Fat Tax?

Fat tax is also known as Twinkie tax. They are also popularly called as junk food tax and snack tax. It refers to a tax on foods high calories and poor in nutrients. This tax is intended to address the obesity problem. It is proposed with the view that the junk food consumption would decline if it becomes expensive. The revenue from the tax was planned to be used for promoting health nutrition and anti-obesity programs.

The concept was introduced by Kelly D .Brownell in the early 1980 s. The tax includes the following aims: to decrease the consumption of unhealthy foods, to generate the revenue for health related causes, to be applied in the way understandable by people and to maximize health benefits.

But there are several criticisms against this tax like the government interferes in people's lives and dictate them what they should eat, It may affect the poor people and it curb the personal choices of the people.

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