Some Media personnel in the country have pledged to adequately educate and inform the general public on the harmful effects of consuming Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBS). The journalists who made the pledge after undergoing a training session organized by the Advocacy for Health Project (A4H) in Accra on April 12, 2013, promised to be advocates for good food environment that promotes good health and wellbeing. Advocating for Health Project (A4H) is a coalition of health experts that urged the Government of Ghana to consider imposing a tax on SSBs to make them more expensive to deter people from consuming them. According to the A4H, the SSB products have health complications, but they are gradually becoming common on the streets of Ghana and the only way to stop people from consuming them was to make them more expensive. Sugar sweetened beverages are any drinks that contain added sugar. This includes sodas, sports drinks, energy drinks, and fruit juices. While most people think of...