[stickyricky]

I love the language we choose to communicate ideas. "Increase health equity" is such an interesting phrase. I'd like to propose others:

- Sugary drinks tax could reduce diversity in health outcomes: study.

- Sugary drinks tax could boost diversity in healthier lifestyles: study.

Or perhaps a more stodgy, economical way of thinking:

- Sugary drinks tax could incentivize participation in health initiatives: study.

Or perhaps an article shared on facebook:

- BOOM! SUGARY DRINKS TAX PUTS COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK!

[gorwell]

"equity" is being used as though it's a magic key word and as though it's not the road to hell. Is it getting confused with "equality"?

Equality: Equal opportunity, everyone treated the same

Equity: Equal outcomes, people treated differently in order to achieve equity

The only way you get equity is through extreme top down authoritarian control and force. Think about what you'd have to do to enforce equity with one's own relatives, or even brothers and sisters, let alone society wide.