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

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It is true that fast
food
 consumption is becoming very popular in so many countries causing lots of health concerns for
people
. I strongly agree with the idea of the
government
 implementing a high
tax
 rule on fast
food
 products in order to reduce its consumption. Nowadays, street
food
 is omnipresent almost everywhere around the world. The reason lies in the fact that they are cheap to make and
therefore
 it is affordable for the majority of
people
.
Moreover
, they are high in calories and low in nutrients, causing so many health conditions like obesity, diabetes and cardiac diseases.
For instance
, according to the" Nutrition" magazine, eighty per cent of
people
 suffering from obesity reported having at least 3 days of fast
food
 per week.
Thus
, fast
food
 is not a wise choice of
food
. In order to tackle health problems caused by fast
food
 consumption, the
government
 should increase
tax
 on those foods to make them unaffordable for
people
. If the price of
this
 unhealthy
food
 source goes up,
people
 will less likely to buy them. The prime example is that Switzerland has no McDonald stores because the
government
 put a 20 per cent higher
tax
 on their foods and eventually all stores got bankrupt and had to close all their branches across the country. As can be seen, demanding a higher than the usual
tax
 on fast
food
 can reduce the sell rate and eventually deterring
people
 from buying them. In my ,perspective the
government
 should demand a higher than the usual
tax
 on fast
food
 make them less affordable. By doing that ,
finally
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people
 will think twice before buying them.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • public health
  • obesity
  • diabetes
  • heart disease
  • health outcomes
  • healthcare costs
  • consumer behavior
  • socio-economic backgrounds
  • ethical implications
  • public health campaigns
  • subsidies
  • regulations
  • nutritional content
  • healthier food options
  • government intervention
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