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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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Nowadays, fast
food
 became so affordable that’s why many people consume it widely.
Consequently
, a huge number of these people are dealing with health issues.
hence
, the authorities should take a serious step by raising the fast foods taxes. I completely disagree with
this
 solution because it’s not possible to choose someone’s lifestyle if it doesn’t suit him or her.
Firstly
, about
earth
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 80% of these to buy fast
food
 are
a
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middle income
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middle-income
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 earners
besides
 many of them are students or they a full-time jobs.
As a
result
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 when a student or a busy person needs to buy
food
, the other alternatives might be exorbitant.
For Example
, I am a student and I live alone, I
also
 work a
part time
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 job, I eat fast
food
 five times a week I don’t have time to make my own
food
. Plus
to
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that, the other alternatives are so expensive for my budget
therefore
, the best solution is to decrease the healthy
food
’s prices. And
this
 can be done with
the
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government support. Another point to consider is that
,
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 fast
food
 is not the only reason
of of
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healthy
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health
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 issues like obesity or diabetes but
also
, the shortage of physical activities can
affects
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 our bodies significantly. Wherefore, the authorities must spread
the
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awareness and aid the civilians to get some more physical activities. For instants ,establishing free gyms, and creat creative ads to explain why
exercising
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 is so critical. In conclusion, adding extra taxes on fast
food
 is not a logical solution, especially for
thoes
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those
 who have limited income.
Therefore
 the government must help their civilians by funding gyms and healthy
food
’s restaurants in order to become cheaper.
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