In some countries an increasing number of people are suffering form 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 to you agree or disagree with this opinion?

In the current era, more and more

people

are deteriorating their health by the overconsumption of high calories junk

food

. I firmly agree that governing bodies must enforce higher

tax

ratios on these

food

items

so that

people

well being could be safeguarded. Higher

tax

rates mean less sale of poor nutrition

food

. When the government apply high

tax

brackets on

such

items

, edibles

prices

will go up and

people

will deviate towards more healthy

food

. According to a recent study in Saudi Arabia, after imposing a higher value-added

tax

on the sugar, soft drink

prices

went up, leading to less consumption of carbonated drinks in the restaurants.

Thus

, it is clear how the demand and

prices

of the

items

are directly linked, higher

prices

mean fewer purchases. Another point is that additional money collected in the form of taxes can be spent on educating the

people

. If the government spend

this

budget on educational campaigns, the public will have a better knowledge of the

food

' nutritional value.

As a result

, they would be in a better position to make an informed decision about what to buy and what to avoid.

For instance

, those countries,

such

as Norway and Sweden, which educate their children from a young age about the importance of eating healthy their young generation makes more rational choices when they grow up.

Therefore

,

food

education has a vital role to play in a person's fitness. To conclude, an increasing number of

people

are suffering from the hazards of fried

food

and high calories soft drinks which have very little nutritional value to offer. After thoroughly analyzing the situation, I would suggest that the health ministry must recommend increasing the

prices

of

such

items

so that

people

buy them less and money collected can be spent on the public health awareness campaigns.