The Population Health Benefits of a Healthy

The Population Health Benefits of a Healthy Lifestyle Discussion Board:Attached below is the article to use for this discussion. Please feel free to utilize outside sources. Provide in-text citations as well as providing a references page.Mehta clearly shares data that supports leading a healthy lifestyle to prevent disease and disability. It seems incongruous that we would choose to do anything except live a healthy lifestyle. Yet, here at the end of the semester, you might be binging on comfort food or pulling “all-nighters” to manage your stress. Mehta ends the paper by positing that “financial sticks” might force us to make healthier choices. Given we already have policies in places such as high taxes on tobacco products or age restrictions on alcohol, what is your opinion on widening the use of “financial sticks.” Are you for or against extra taxes on sugary beverages (Mountain Dew!) or unhealthy snacks (Oreos! Fritos!)? Cheese sticks can be unhealthy if too many are eaten but cheese is not considered junk food. Should cheese sticks have extra taxes? Explain your answer and reasoning, using some of the concepts you learned in this class. Word count: 250. Note that this is for a class titled Population Health Management for Health Care Administrators.