More and more people are seriously overweight. Some people suggest the solution to this problem is to increase the price of fattening foods. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Many

people

the world over are now more interested in consuming junk

food

, leading them to gain extra body weight.

Consequently

, there has been, in recent years, a growing body of opinion in favour of raising the

price

of nutrient-poor meals in order to decrease their consumption of

such

items. Being a rational mind,

however

, I take issue with

this

notion, for I am of the view that the problem of obesity can only be contained by doing exercise and understanding the disastrous repercussions of eating saturated foodstuff. Among the ratiocination to buttress my stance, the one that deals with the orthodox solution to reduce overweight is physical activity.

In other words

, it is

next

to impossible to fit as a fiddle without doing physical activity.

For example

, an empirical study conducted by Oxford University reveals that if a person reduces the habit of eating fast

food

and beverages but does involve in any workout, there is no chance of losing extra weight.

Therefore

, in order to decrease the number of overweight

people

, increasing the

price

of fattening foodstuff would not be the best idea. Individuals should do more exercise for

this

issue. Another critical rationale in reference to why the rising

price

of unhealthy meals is a bad notion is necessarily synonymous with creating unaware citizens in the community. To be more precise, if governments forcefully raise the

price

of all nutrition poor

food

, the general public does not understand the deep insight of

this

decision.

On the contrary

,

people

would deliberately avoid intaking unhealthy things provided that governments could wage intensive awareness programmes.

For instance

, 95% of

people

in Japan are now reluctant to take junk

food

because the country’s government has conducted campaigns regarding the deadly effects of

such

items.

Hence

, building awareness among the public is the most decisive task to control the problem of obesity. In conclusion, with a view to reducing the problem of obesity, it is necessary to do exercise and comprehend the downside of junk

food

.