It seems clear that obesity in today’s society is to some extent due to the availability of fast food. Should governments place a tax on fast food to reduce the amount of fast food consumed? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience.

Weight related
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health
problems have been a huge problem for the
last
decades.
Consuption
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Consumption
of fast
food
is an obvious reason as to why people are getting fat nowadays. In
this
essay, I will explain why we need new regulations for reducing
fast
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food
consumption and
therefore
obesity.
Firstly
, fast
food
companies should
held
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accountable for the changes they have been causing in public
health
. To illustrate, governments can mandate new
tax
policies to fast
food
chains for each item produced. Due to increased financial implications per
food
item, these chains would be required to focus on producing quality
food
rather than quantity.
This
ultimately would result in less production with
whole
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some ingredients.
Secondly
,
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ublic needs to be made aware of what they are putting in their mouths.
In other words
, having to spend more money on junk
food
will make them question while they make purchasing decisions.
For instance
, most governments have recently placed
tax
regulations on alcoholic beverages and in return, people are less prone to consume alcohol during weekdays.
Therefore
, a similar
tax
principle could easily be applied to fast
food
sector as well.
As a result
,
nutricious
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nutritious
foods and diets can be organically promoted among
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ublic due to less
tax
and cheaper prices. In conclusion, I have summarized that creating new
tax
policies for both fast
food
production processes and consumption are integral in preventing obesity. I
also
believe that public
health
can be protected by imposing
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ax on convenience
food
. If
fast moving
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foods are given
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ree pass as they are today, we are likely to suffer worse when it comes to public
health
.
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