In some countries, an increasing number of people are suffering from health problems as a result of eating too much fast food. It is, therefore, necessary for governments to impose a higher tax on this kind of food. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

Some countries are facing a concern with a high amount of people experiencing issues with health due to the intake of large amounts of fast

food

. A common opinion put forth by a lot of people is that the

government

should pitch in and impose higher taxes on these kinds of foods, so that the people are discouraged from being too reliant on them. In my opinion, while I do agree that consuming unusual amounts of fast

food

will cause inadvertent problems to human health and governments should impose a tax for better control, there are

also

better ways of handling

this

instead

of relying on the taxes alone. With regards to the harm and ill-effects fast

food

can cause to the body, people should

also

be proactive and understand the nature of

such

foods. It must be considered as a person's own responsibility to take care of their body and when some eatables cause harm, we must be proactive enough to tackle them at the grassroots. The

government

should

also

consider

this

concern and putting high taxes on fast

food

is a guaranteed way to lessen the accessibility to

such

foods,

however

, it is not a foolproof method. Though

this

method discourages the consumption, it should be the responsibility of the people to manage the same.

For example

, any person with the ability to spend money lavishly will not flinch from the heavy tax applied.

Hence

, it must be their own responsibility which should come

first

, and not the outlook of the

government

. In conclusion, I would reiterate that the

government

can play a role in controlling access to fast

food

and it should be taken up as a priority with them.

However

, as individuals of a society, we should take the most blame for the booming growth of the concerned industry and should work towards amending both our environment and our bodies.