Today's world is full of modern conveniences. Communication is at the touch of a button, you can drive up to the window and be served a hot, greasy meal, and even walking has become inconvenient. Trying to find the spot closest to the door is worth circling the parking lot five times. Kids play more in VR than outside, and time-poor parents settle for quick, processed meals for dinner. Unfortunately, we have created an environment fit for lazy people. Instead of needing to do physical activities to function throughout the day, we need to find time for physical activity, which may not be realistic for everyone. The fast food industry and quickly prepared meals feed the consumer without giving them time to exercise, and the problem evolves over time. Obesity has become such a problem for America that the government must act. One of the ideas presented by health advocates is a fat tax: a tax that would increase the cost of products that are not good for the consumer. The goal of taxing products high in unhealthy ingredients is to reduce consumption of that product and, in turn, help America lose weight and reduce health care costs caused by overweight people. and obese. A fat tax would address an important problem, namely people's health, but it wouldn't really solve anything. A fat tax is a Pigouvian regressive tax that would be applied to foods containing high concentrations of ingredients known to do more harm than good. A Pigouvian tax is a “sin tax” that targets products that have negative results. Gasoline, cigarettes and alcohol are all subject to a pig tax. A regressive tax will levy higher percentages on lower income people and be imposed on things like food, middle of paper, unhealthy products. Works Cited “The Failure of Denmark's Tax Experiment” Lang & O'Leary Exchange. Radio-Canada. February 19, 2013. Telivision. Finkelstein, EA, JG Trogdon, JW Cohen, and W. Dietz. “Annual Medical Expenditures Attributable to Obesity: Payer- and Service-Specific Estimates.” Health Affairs 28.5 (2009): W822-831. Print.Rao, M., A. Afshin, G. Singh and D. Mozaffarian. "Do healthier foods and diets cost more than less healthy options? A systematic review and meta-analysis." BMJ Ouvert 3.12 (2013): E004277. Print.So, Kameron “Type 2 Diabetes Statistics and Facts” medically reviewed by GeorgeKrucik, MD, MBA. Healthline.com Published January 24, 2012. Web. Accessed February 17, 2014 “Why low-income and food-insecure people are vulnerable to overweight and obesity. » FRAC.org. Center for Food Research and Action, August 7, 2010. Web. February 18. 2014.