As obesity has been a wide problem mainly in the most developed countries, some governments are considering improving the
taxes
applied on junk
food
, in
order
to make
people
avoid its consumption. Personally, I strongly disagree with that statement, since
this
is not going to be a solution for
this
matter.
At
first
, it is important to consider that individuals must be able to choose whatever they want to consume, even if their choice is not the best for their health. Living in a democratic place means, overall, giving
people
equal rights to do anything they want, as much as it does not interfere with other's
people
choices.
This
Government suggestion would correspond to stopping selling meats in the boucheries, in
order
to impose
people
to turn vegetarians and,
consequently
, help the reduction of methane in the air and, as well, decrease pollutions rate to the world, in a global perspective, while in another hand would contribute to
people
's health as an individual instance, which is a completely insane idea.
Furthermore
, whereas for some perspectives processed
food
might be a non-satisfactory choice for some individuals, it would mean to be the only resource for others. It is explained because junk
food
as mac and cheese,
for example
, usually is way cheaper than buying proteins, like rice and beans, from the marketplace. From
this
point of view, increasing
taxes
on those unhealthy items would only become a bigger problem for
society
, since probably there would be more starving
people
on the streets, without anything to eat in
order
to survive, which
also
could increase homeless and violence rates.
So on, indeed, it still would not be a solution for the obesity problem. It must be considered that the rush on somebody's routine, summed at the way those GMO
food
save
people
's time, mainly on business weekdays and its delightful flavour, will do contribute to
this
kind of majority consumption.
Therefore
,
instead
of taking off the possibility of acquiring these kinds of products, it would be more effective, as a Government Policy, to buzz up lectures and advertising, in
order
to teach
people
how to get organized and conscious about what they digest and how high calories in those foods could be resulting, in the near future, in hearth diseases and be a bad choice for their health, as sides effects of its consumption.
In summary, as already exposed above, increasing
taxes
will definitely not contribute to making
people
avoid junk
food
, as it will not be a resourceful way of reducing obesity
taxes
in
society
.
This
idea would only bring more issues to the
society
and its Government, but would
also
not be solving the real
society
's obese situation.