Shops should not be allowed to sell any food and drinks that has been scientifically proved to be bad for people's health. To what extent do you agree or disagree

It is suggested that governments should prohibit shops from selling food and drinks that are detrimental to our health and have been approved by science. I strongly disagree with

this

statement. While purchasing unhealthy food and drinks is one of the causes of people’s bad eating habits, disallowing shops to sell

foods

harmful to our health is unlikely to ensure healthy food choices. People may continue to adopt

the

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unhealthy eating practices: they can cook

foods

unhealthily

such

as deep-frying and they may

also

consume an excessive amount of “ healthy”

foods

. In

such

cases, removing unhealthy

foods

from people’s life cannot guarantee they follow a healthy diet.

This

policy is not only ineffective to stop unhealthy eating but could

also

lead to devastating impacts. Nearly all packaged

foods

contain preservatives and additives that can give rise to illnesses and almost all non-organic

foods

have been proven to shorten people’s life expectancy. If

such

large numbers of

foods

had been banned, a lot of companies and farmers producing them would be affected significantly, resulting in unemployment and bankruptcy. What is worse, since the harmful impacts of a lot of “unhealthy”

foods

are minor and even negligible, it is likely that some companies consider

this

policy unfair,

thus

developing resentment towards legislation or protests against authorities, which may lead to social unrest. Based on the above evidence and analysis, it is neither effective nor realistic to prohibit the sale of unhealthy

foods

. Governments should encourage the public to follow a nutrition-balanced diet through more practical alternatives.