Poor nutrition and obesity is a problem in many developed countries and some people believe that a tax on fast food would reduce the problem. Do you agree?
No one can deny that obesity and malnutrition are becoming more and more threats in some developed countries. The accelerating pace of life force
people
to be fed with junk food
or processed foods
. According to some people
, reform of the fast food
taxation system may be a solution to deal with such
problems. As far as I am concerned, a tax
on them cannot abstain people
from eating fast foods
so I disagree with the statement.
To begin
with, it is highly important to understand that in today’s conditions, eating processed or fast food
is compulsory for the majority of people
who have to attend school
or go to their job in the morning. Add an article
a school
Such
workers and students, mostly have to wake up earlier and skip healthy breakfast. Eating fast food
, such
as sandwiches and toast, on the road is the only solution for them. For this
reason, increasing tax
rates on these foods
may restrict such
people
to reach them. For instance
, in Turkey, a tax
policy was put into action by the government regarding products, such
as alcohol and cigar, to reduce the percentage of consumption they push people
to consume other illegal products rather than reducing them.
Instead
of an extra tax
on unhealthy foods
, some other workable solutions can apply such
as public announcements about the benefits of having a healthy diet or encouraging people
so that they have a more mobile lifestyle. The former can be achieved readily by using public television channels or cooperating with well-known doctors. Hence
, public awareness of eating healthy and avoiding fast food
can be aroused. In addition
, notifications popping up on the screen in the workplace at regular intervals may hearten workers to be more mobile.
To sum up, changing peoples’ eating habits by educating and pushing them to be more mobile in order to burn calories which get fast foods
are effective solutions rather than adding an extra charge on foods
. If sufficient awareness can be aroused, the rate of being overweight will reduce gradually.Submitted by Oğuzhan Balcı
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