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? You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.

Health issues are increasing in enormous number due to over consumption of fast

food

and

this

situation is worsening

day

by

day

. If governments don't take any prompt action, like imposing of higher taxes along with other considerable steps, it would be difficult to cope with

this

situation. So, I partially agree with

this

idea of imposing higher taxes because

that is

only a single step, many other fruitful steps can be taken to make things better. Fast

food

is a cheaply and readily available, that’s why people are taking it in large amount. At

first

place, It is argued that imposition of higher taxes leads to the increase of the price of

this

type of

food

because companies pass down

this

effect to its consumers and prices of fast

food

would increase. If they eat junk

food

thrice in a

day

before, they might eat it twice or one time in a

day

, at least some reduction in its utility would obvious.

For instance

, an article published in 'The Times' magazine revealed that people tend to buy cheap burgers

instead

of costly one because they prefer quantity over quality. In fact, inclusion of tax is not enough remedy to control

this

menace which is proving fatal for people’s health. Awareness among people should be created through different mediums like TV channels, newspapers, seminars and walks. They should have realized the adverse effects of consuming too much fast

food

because it is fatal for physical and mental growth especially for children.

For example

, it has been proved through many researches that quality of oil and the type of the meat, particularly chicken is causing many hormonal imbalances in human beings.

Therefore

, it should be dealt with iron hands. In a nutshell, imposing higher taxes by government on a fast

food

item would have a better impact on reducing the amount of fast

food

eaten by people, but not satisfactory enough to control

this

situation fully.

Therefore

, several other measures like seminars, walks and awareness through different mediums can help to curb

this

evil completely.