Some people thinks that governments should increase tax on unhealthy food to encourage people to start eating healthy. Do you agree or disagree.

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I partially agree
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the statement that
government
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should
increase
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tax on unhealthy
food
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to encourage people to start eating healthy. In
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fast paced modern society, we consume a variety of fast
food
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which is detrimental to our health. People
nowadays finds
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nowadays find
are nowadays finding
it hard to take out time to cook a healthy meal mainly due to hectic work schedules and convenience of options available to order
food
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online on click of a button. Due to
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type of lifestyle people eat
lot
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lots
of junk
food
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which is very unhealthy. A lot of research studies revealed that due to unhealthy
food
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habits people are suffering from various ailments like diabetes, obesity, heart problems etc. Some people
thinks
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think
that
government
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should
increase
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the tax on these unhealthy foods to induce healthier
food
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habits.
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approach proved successful in some other consumption items like cigarettes, sugary drinks, alcohol etc.
in
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In
various countries. People tend to consume lesser the item the costlier it gets.
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would
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lead to
increase
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in
government
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revenue in
taxes which
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taxes, which
can in turn can be deployed towards raising awareness about the negative impacts of these kinds
food
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on our health.
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, there is another side to
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issue, some people perceives it as just
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increase
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an increase
the increase
in
cost
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the cost
of living on lesser privileged sections of the society. They argue that healthier
food
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comes with higher prices and by increasing tax on these fast
food
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items the
government
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will put unnecessary burden on the poor because rich people are anyway going to consume it irrespective of the price rise. To summarise
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, I believe that
government
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should
increase
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taxes on unhealthy
food
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items and at the same time should make efforts to ensure that healthy
food
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becomes available at affordable prices to encourage an overall health
food
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habit in the society.

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