More and more families are choosing fast food over home cooked meal. What are the reasons and how they can be addressed?
These days, many people are preferring fast
food
instead
of having home
food
. The reason behind this
is that they are very easy to cook
. However
, in order to address this
problem government has to take strict action by raising the tax.
The main cause of eating more junk
food
instead
of home
-cooked food
is that they are very simple to cook
. Due to an era of technology, such
foods are easily available in the market and can be cooked by following simple steps. As a result
, many people who do not get time
to cook
food
at home
as they are working all the time
in order to have a better standard of living or to fulfil their basic needs, they prefer such
foods over home
meals. For instance
, in Mumbai, 85% of people who are working from morning to evening go on the market and purchase such
junk
foods because they are tired and do not have enough time
to cook
at home
. Thus
, such
foods are more purchased instead
of eating at the house.
The possible solution to address this
issue is that the government should increase the taxes on such
companies who manufacture such
junk
foods. To elaborate, if the higher authorities increase tax heavily on these companies, a common person or the working class will not able to purchase such
food
because these companies would cover such
taxes indirectly by charging for them. As a result
, they will switch to home
-cooked food
. For example
, the Government of Japan had increased the rate of tax from 10% to 25% on the fast-food
manufacturers’ in order to make its citizen to eat home
food
rather than eating junk
food
outside, resulted in they are active, fit and fine.
In conclusion, having a better life or fulfilling basic needs a person works all the time
and choose to eat processed food
instead
of home
food
. Only when the government would raise the taxes on such
manufacturers’ who manufacture such
foods, will this
problem be solved.Submitted by jdsmss on
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