Unhealthy eating has a negative effect on both individuals and the society in which they live. Some people think that the government should tax unhealthy foods while others believe that a “fat tax” is unfair and unnecessary. Discuss both these views and give your opinion

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Consuming unhealthy
food
poses detrimental consequences on both individuals and their surroundings.
While
some argue that it is the
goverment's
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government's
responsibility to tax these
food
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foods
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to help
people
stay healthy, others say that
this
method is unfair and unnecessary. I
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incline
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to the latter
due to
fast
food's
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food
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conveniences. Imposing tax prevents citizens from consuming too much unhealthy
food
. The tax creates
financials
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bounderies
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boundaries
,
makes
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and makes
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customers think deeply before buying
this
kind of
food
, which efficiently leads to a considerable decrease in
fast
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the fast
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food
they
bought
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. One research related to
this
topic made by
the
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Boston
university
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is a salient example. It showed that 80% of consumers
hestitates
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hesitates
hesitate
on paying
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for
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the
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taxes sticking to their
food
, and complaints because
food
is on
their
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daily basis.
Although
taxing unhealthy
food
helps
people
to choose healthier options, it is undeniable that fast
food
also
brings enormous conveniences and is the best option in some cases, especially in
this
fast pace
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fast-paced
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life.
For instance
, workers from big tech companies do not have much time to rest during lunch.
Therefore
, some hamburgers or fried
chickens
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is suitable for them because they supply them with energy and
delicous
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delicious
meals. With these
people
, taxing their favourite
food
is tough since it is hard to find a replacement. In conclusion,
while
impose
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some financial
bounderies
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boundaries
on unhealthy foods benefits
people
's physical health, I believe that it is an
unappropriate
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inappropriate
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decision when calculating their advantages that no other
food
can be compared.
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