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?

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.