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In some countries an increasing number of people are suffering from health problems as a result of eating much fast food. It is therefore necessary for governments to impose higher tax on this kind of food. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

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Nowadays people around the world use to eat more and more junk
food
 and
consequently
 is steadily raising the number of them suffering from health diseases linked to nutrition. Personally, I think that
governments
 should take
this
 as a really serious problem and act as soon as possible to tear down it by
for example
 imposing higher taxes on
this
 type of
food
 whereas sometimes things develop differently.
This
 essay will briefly depict
advantages
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 and disadvantages linked to
this
 statement. Health is a really important aspect of people’s lives so it should be taken as a priority
also
 by
governments
. The
first
 consequence of a healthy population is that hospitals have to take care of fewer individuals and the average life expectancy is longer. All these aspects can be seen as a benefit for countries. For these reasons
governments
 should do everything they can, in order to encourage crowds to eat healthy
food
 and take care of their selves.
On the other hand
, unfortunately, there are economic aspects and interests that should be considered and for which counties often do not take action. In fact, for what
concern
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 the general economic development, is more useful to encourage people to buy some products that produce a sort of addiction so that they can’t stay for too long without them. Thanks to these products or services,
for instance
, cigarettes or gambling,
governments
 can earn large amounts of money by imposing high taxes on people providing the service. In conclusion, I think that the life of citizens is more important than all economic aspects that lie beyond the
fast
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fast-food
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food
 market and
consequently
 who have the power should do something to protect it.
Submitted by Federico Pivano King on

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