Please read the following article to see the vocabulary used in context, this is an excellent way of reinforcing the vocabulary and making it more likely that you will remember it in the future.
Verbs to use with restrictions impose/introduce/place Lift/remove accept/be subject to |
Make restrictions Take away restrictions |
Adjectives to describe restrictions severe/tight/tough/major Petty Absolute Further Proposed Legal/contractual/legal/statutory
Types of restrictions (relevant to question) Advertising, financial, import, price, time, trade, |
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Prepositions for restrictions Without restriction
Restrictions on/upon | Citizens of the EU can travel without restriction in the EU. The regulations were seen as a restriction on personal freedom |
Fizzy drinks/soda/sugary soft drinks | Coca Cola/Sprite/Pepsi etc |
Curb dangerous levels of obesity | Reduce the weight problem |
Multi-tiered levy | A tax with 2 or more levels. More than 5gm of sugar per 100ml=18p tax More than 8gm of sugar per 100ml=24p tax |
The UK government brought in a so-called fat tax/sugar tax | The UK government introduced a tax which was informally called … |
Push companies to reformulate their products | Encourage companies to change the ingredients of their products |
Encourage lower and less frequent sugar consumption | Try to make people consume less sugar, less often. |
Sugar addiction | Can’t live without sugar |
Obesity epidemic | A crisis of obesity in a country/the world |
Weight-related medical services | Hospital care especially illnesses related to weight. Diabetes, heart disease etc |
Levy on sugary drinks | Tax on high sugar drinks |
Tackle one of the underlying sources of the problem | Fix the root causes of the issue |
Recommended daily intake of sugar | The amount of sugar the government/medical experts suggest you should consume every day. |
Invest in obesity-reduction programmes | Put money into ways to reduce the weight of the population |
Swapping sugar for artificial sweeteners | Changing sugar for other products which have a sweet flavour-e.g. Stevia |
Slashed the sugar content in their drinks | Dramatically reduced the amount of sugar in their drinks |
Facts related to the new sugar tax (Taken directly from the BBC Article)
- The number of new soft drink launches with less than 5g of sugar per 100ml since the 2016 report has risen from 32 to 45. Inversely, new beverages above the recommended threshold are down from 60 to 49 in 2018.
- Cutting out fizzy drinks is a great start, but experts believe they account for only 5% of the larger obesity issue.
- Looking long-term, one Cambridge University study uses a different yardstick to measure success. It estimates that the tax raised liable soft drink prices by approximately 38%, leading to a 26% decrease in consumption in England. Researchers say this decrease would prevent approximately 370 coronary heart disease deaths, effectively generating about 4,490 life years by 2021. Comparing the 617,000 hospital admissions in 2016 in which obesity was a factor, the projection becomes all the more realistic.
Real IELTS Question Related to Sugar Restriction
| Some think that sugar restriction should be on a governmental level, while others think that everyone should do it by themselves. Discuss both views and give your opinion. |
This vocabulary list will help you a lot with the reasons that the government should be responsible for restricting sugar intake. You also need ideas that explain why people should be responsible. I would advise thinking about:
- The role of parents
- Individual responsibility
- The limits of governmental power.
Please bear in mind that this question doesn’t only ask about sugary drinks, you should consider other products with high sugar content such as chocolate, cereals, cookies, bread and cakes.