Government collects $1 billion for obesity and under-exercises!

The PAN criticized the increase in the IEPS tax on sugary drinks and charged that, of the billion pesos raised under AMLO, only 3 billion pesos were used for obesity relief. Credit: AP

The PAN (National Action Party) in the Chamber of Deputies questioned the increase in the tax on sugary drinks through the IEPS (Income Tax ), approved yesterday by Congress, and considered the underlying problem to be the way authorities use these funds.