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Mexicans are debating the role junk food plays in  Mexico's national obesity rate.

Mexico’s lawmakers are trying to reduce the appetite for sugary, fizzy drinks with new law

Health & Medicine

If Mexican legislators get their way, it will soon cost a bit more to purchase junk food and soda. Several proposals to raise taxes on junk food and sugary drinks are moving forward as part of a bigger tax reform bill. The new taxes are seen as a way to address soaring obesity rates in Mexico and to raise much needed tax revenues.