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Scientists agree that people are damaging their health by eating too much junk food. Some people think that the answer to this problem is to educate people. Others think the education will not work. Discuss both views and give your own opinion

In today's world, many
people
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 suffer from various diseases resulting from the consumption of unhealthy
food
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.
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academic
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the academic
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 community concur that
this
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 situation could be remedied by informing
people
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 about of consequences of
consumption of
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consuming
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 unhealthy
food
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. On the one hand, it is argued that the lack of enough knowledge
lead
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 to
people
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especially
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young
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the young
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 generation
consuming
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, consuming
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 too much unhealthy
food
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 and
do
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apply
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not
pay
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paying
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 enough attention to their calorie intake. Needless to say that since a large proportion of
consuming
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the consuming
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 population of
junk
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food
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 is
teenager
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teenagers
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 and youngsters,
so
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apply
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teaching them and the increase of their awareness of
side
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the side
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 effects of unhealthy
food
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 could help them lessen
overeating
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their overeating
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 of
junk
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food
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. Take
this
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 as an example: if teachers in schools teach students about the calories of
junk
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food
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 and the influence they have on
human
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the human
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 body, they are more likely
avoid
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to avoid
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 consuming too much
junk
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food
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.
Therefore
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, by educating
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people
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people,
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 it is expected
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people
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that people
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not
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will not
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too much consume
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consume too much
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unhealthy
food
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 and
as a result
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 their health could be
protect
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. Having said that, these days
educating
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, educating
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people
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 is not a practical approach to
incentivize
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incentivise
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people
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 not
consuming
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to consume
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 too much
junk
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foods
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food
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.
This
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 is because
while
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 many TV channels, magazines, commercial
advertisement
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advertisements
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, books, and tutorial videos focus to aware
people
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from
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about
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 the side effects of
too much consuming
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consuming too much
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junk
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food
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 but
people
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 still tend to overeat unhealthy
food
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. I think enacting some strict rules can help with
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. Take
as
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 an example: if the taxes on
junk
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food
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 increased, many
people
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 probably cannot afford
buy
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to buy
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 unhealthy
food
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. Even those who can afford it.
they
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They
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 are less likely to spend a high amount of their income on
junk
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food
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.
Hence
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,
implementation
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the implementation
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 of some rules can
more
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be more
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 effective compared to educating
people
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 in
this
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 argument.
To sum up
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,
although
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 scientists think that educating
people
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 is an effective way to
incentivize
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incentivise
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 them
do
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apply
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not
consume
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to consume
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 too much unhealthy
food
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 but I believe many
people
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 know about the consequences of
junk
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food
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 on their health
but
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, but
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 they can't help it.

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structure
Your essay shows two sides and your view, but use a clear plan. Try one main idea per paragraph and keep a simple link to the next idea.
grammar
Fix grammar and use short, clear sentences. Change forms like 'not too much consume' to 'not eat too much' and 'health could be protect' to 'health could be protected'.
content
Give strong and simple examples that fit the point. In the second body, show why rules or tax on junk food may work, with a clear link to the idea.
content
The writer shows both sides of the issue and gives an opinion.
structure
Link words are used to show the flow, such as 'On the one hand' and 'To sum up'.

Your opinion

Don’t put your opinion unless you are asked to give it.

If the question asks what you think, you MUST give your opinion to get a good score.

Don’t leave your opinion until the conclusion.

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...do you agree or disagree?...do you think...?...your opinion...?

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • health
  • food
  • junk
  • eat
  • good
  • bad
  • habit
  • change
  • learn
  • teach
  • school
  • home
  • family
  • price
  • cost
  • tax
  • time
  • life
  • work
  • shop
  • water
  • fruit
  • veg
  • sugar
  • salt
  • fat
  • body
  • mind
  • weight
  • risk
  • plan
  • idea
  • view
  • people
  • policy
  • program
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