Diabetes in mexico

1. The high consumption of sugar-added beverages contributes notoriously to excess energy intake
and is an important factor in the development of overweight and obesity in Mexico, representing a
call to define public policies that favor the reduction of sugar-added beverage consumption.
Considering that the high prevalence of overweight and obesity represents an enormous public
health issue in Mexico, having a State policy to change the eating and physical activity patterns
Mexican society, the Ministry of Health is currently instrumenting a “National strategy for obesity
and diabetes control”. The purpose of this initiative is to comply with the strategies established by the
“National Development Plan 2013-2018”, in reference to “making protection, promotion, and
prevention actions the core pillar for the improvement of health”, thereby following the respective
courses of action, such as: reducing morbidity and mortality caused by non-contagious chronic
diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, and to instrument actions for the prevention and control
of overweight, obesity and diabetes.
Given the problematic high prevalence of these diseases and their impacts, it is essential to
reinforce effective policies and programs for obesity prevention. In this sense, any effort to diminish
the adverse effects of this situation and the cost involved for its treatment should be analyzed not
only from a purely public health policy, which is why a fiscal measure will most likely contribute to
the aforementioned purposes.
In this sense, the present initiative proposed to Mexico’s Congress is to levy an IEPS (Special Tax on
Products and Services) tax, by setting, at the producer and importer level, a specific rate of 1
Mexican peso per liter of flavored beverages, including concentrates , powders, syrups, flavor
extracts or essences that when diluted produce flavored beverages that contain any type of added
sugars.
1 What are the arguments of
the DOF article?
The high prevalence of
overweight and obesity in

2. the country. Attached to the
diseases this causes.
2 Which consistencies or
inconsistencies did you
find in the document?
I find the document pretty
consistent in the overall
information it shows.
3 Which biases or errors did
you find in the arguments
(bad arguments, fallacies,
omissions, false inferences
and deceptive statistics)?
I don’t see any statistic at all
when it comes to the
percentage of people with
diseases related to the
consumption of sugar.
4 Can conclusions be drawn
from the arguments?
That Mexico is trying hard to
stop the massive
consumption of sugar in the
country, as it can be harmful
for the people.
5 Is the person’s point of
view derived from his or
her research?
In my opinion it is not, he is
straight forward with the
information.
6 How are you ordering your
own arguments (to avoid
being unfocused)?
By reading all the
information first, and
analyzing my opinions.