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Nutrition for Special Population Assignment

   

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Disease and DisordersNutrition and Wellness
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Running head: NUTRITION FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONNUTRITION FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONName of the student:Name of the University:Author note:
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1NUTRITION FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONIntroduction:Intake of sugar becomes a serious subject to discuss about, as it plays an important role increating serious health issues such as diabetes, dental decay, heart disease and obesity.According to study, effective interventions regarding the reduction of sugar consumption couldhelp to reduce the rate of diabetes and obesity within a population (Schwarz, Clearfield &Mulligan, 2017). However, the government of New Zealand could face serious challenges inorder to implement such interventions to reduce sugar consumption. Thus, it is important tomake effective strategies to determine the success of such interventions. The chosen initiative forthe report is imposing sugary drink tax in New Zealand in order to control overall sugarconsumption and reduce diabetes and other health issues. The paper will outline the details aboutthe initiative, challenges regarding the implementation of the intervention in New Zealand andeffective strategies to determine the success of the intervention.Initiative: Imposing sugary drink taxThe sugar contains of sugary drinks play a crucial role in increasing the level of sugarconsumption. Thus, positive actions have been taken in order to reduce the intake of sugary drinkthrough imposing tax on such drinks to control the overall sugar consumption (Martin-Calvo etal., 2014). Excessive intake of such sugary drink leads to serious health issue such as diabetes,obesity, dental decay and many others. Low-nutrient sugary drinks are not essential part of diet,thus the government has taken initiatives to reduce the access and availability of such sugarydrinks in order to limit the sugar consumption. The most recent survey of national nutrition boardhas shown that such sugary drinks contribute 26% sugar to the diet of children and 17% sugar to
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2NUTRITION FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONthe diet of adults (fizz.org.nz, 2017). Thus, the government of New Zealand has decided toimpose tax on such sugary drinks in order to limit the consumption of such drinks and improvethe health condition of the population. The tax on sugary drink is a direct action that hasdemonstrated that the government of New Zealand has provided serious effort to counter thehealth related issue due to excessive sugar consumption.The sugary drinks such as softdrinks, coke and juice are available to the people including school, college campus, restaurantand shops. The availability of bottled water and zero sugar drinks is less available in compare tothe high sugar drinks. Imposing such sugary drink tax has increased the price of the sugarydrinks and has made the bottled water and zero sugar supplements cheaper. Thus the food andbeverage industry has focused to reduce the sugar content of the sugary drinks in order to avoidthe excess tax. Such initiative has increased the availability of bottled water and healthy lowsugar drinks and has created awareness regarding the harmful effect of high sugar intake onpublic health (Panel, 2014).Problems related to implementation:The initiative taken by the government of New Zealand has been focused on reducing theconsumption of sugary drinks in order to control the overall sugar consumption of thepopulation. Many organizations such as New Zealand Medical Association, New Zealand DentalAssociation, Public Health Association of New Zealand, New Zealand Heart Foundation andothers have supported the step of imposing tax on sugary drinks to address serious health issues(Panel, 2014). However, there are many challenges that the government would face in theimplementation of such initiative. Sugary drinks are such things that are preferable by most ofthe people due to their taste. Thus, providing restriction on such beverages could raise some
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