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?
A lot of
people
everywhere in the world struggle with their health because they consume too many unhealthy meals
. The government believes that maybe it is good to increase the taxes on those unhealthy meals
to protect its citizens from their impact. I totally agree with this
statement and I will try to explain in my essay why I think so.
On the one hand, fast food
brings people
into a lot of difficult situations with their health ( fat, diabetes, heart disease, etc.). People
lose interest in cooking healthy meals
themselves. What I mean by that, is by consuming fast food
all the time people
become fat and get diabetes and heart problems. Because the products
are everywhere and the products
are cheap, citizens lose interest in cooking a healthy meal themselves. For instance
, my uncle weighs 200 kilos because he never cooks himself a healthy meal and always is buying fast food
because that is
cheap. However
, I ask him what would happen if fast food
were more expensive, and he answers he would not buy those anymore. That is
why I believe that through a bigger tax on fast food
our society will eventually reconsider buying it and the tax will be a motivation to start cooking .
On the other hand
, through a high tax on fast food
, the companies eventually will begin to produce their products
with more healthy ingredients. For example
, a company produces a finished hamburger that will be used by a fast-food
restaurant with a lot of chemistry,
and cheaper unhealthy ingredients, and it will probably taste terrible. Remove the comma
apply
Thus
, increasing the taxes for those unhealthy meals
can persuade companies to create healthier products
.
To conclude, I, believe that unhealthy cuisine makes society sick and fat but with higher taxes on those products
people
will stop buying fast food
because it would be too expensive, and this
would encourage companies to create healthier products
for their customers.Submitted by chrysovergis.k on
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