In
this
fast-paced era with a changing lifestyle,
food
habits are
also
changing. Nowadays, a significant number of people are suffering from severe health issues due to their addiction to junk snacks. Some people say that the
government
should apply a high percentage of tax on
such
meal items to make it difficult to afford. In my opinion,
this
a wrong approach and
this
will deter only the middle and lower-income groups.
On the one hand, Increasing wrong diet choices is leading people towards deadly diseases like obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and autoimmune diseases
such
as thyroid and PCOS. Imposing high taxes will impacts the middle-class people, industries, and vendors, in consequence, the decline in the economy and obstacles in economic growth.
However
, to stop
this
devastating trend of
food
, rather than imposing high tax amount, the
government
should ban some harmful ingredient which is used almost in all junk dishes, to make these less dangerous eatables.
For instance
, Ajinomoto, in 1997, after doing qualitative research, scientists of the USA proved that Ajinomoto, which used in all street
food
items, is a slow poison and cancer-causing.
On the other hand
, people become addicted to unhealthy mouthwatering cousins even though they know its harmful for their health. So imposing taxes would not stop them from buying
such
food
. They may find an alternative to it. High civil authorities should use a systematic and effective approach to encourage people to eat a healthy and balanced diet as well as to do exercises.
For example
, In May 2020, the
government
of India declared a lockdown in the whole country to lower the cases of COVID-19. During
this
period, people who were addicted to outside
food
started cooking
such
food
at home using a high amount of refined oil, Ajinomoto, soy sauce, etc. and the obesity rate is increased by 15%.
Besides
this
, the
government
should take help of health programs, free yoga classes along with some speeches of eminent dietitians like
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Gagan Sidhu to motivate people for nutritious meal choices.
To Conclude, the increasing tax will affect only the middle and lower-income groups. If the
government
wants to decrease the consumption of unhealthy
food
they should find some healthier alternatives at the lower and affordable prices as well as motivate the individuals to change eating habits.