It is a fact that our food greatly affects our health. This is the reason, some people believe that their should be a tax applied on junk food by the governments. This essay will discuss why I strongly agree with this stance because it is accumulating in our population and also affecting the health of our school going children.
Eating fast food and processed food is extremely unhealthy for people of every age. They contain high amounts of unsaturated fats, calories and salts which in turn cause serious problems; the most common ones are cardiac arrest, stroke, hypertension, diabetes and obesity. The reason behind this Western influenced and sedentary lifestyle is that, fast food restaurants and companies providing frozen TV Dinners spend a bulk of their profit on advertising their food, which ultimately persuade people to buy them. For example, we can see that KFC, McDonald's, Pizza Hut are always over crowded whenever we visit, furthermore, eating sausages, chilled or canned food like mushrooms and fish is now more trending in most families, beacause they are ready to use. The only solution to this problem is that governments should induce taxes on manufacturers, sales tax could be raised in order to limit their sale with result that customers could be stopped.
Another danger is for the children and adolescents who are provided with unhealthy food in their school cafeterias. It is observed that children of the age of 6-12 and then youngersters are seen to be fond of burgers and pizzas, but the problem is that obesity rate is also rapidly increasing in this age group. We can say that obesity has now became epidemic which is spreading fastly in various continents especially in Europe, America and after that Asia. In 1975 according to estimates, for instance in Pakistan, there were only 10% obese kids in schools but now this amount has expanded to 40%. The research also revealed that there are millions of kids falling every year into health hazards due to their bad eating habbits.
To conclude, our body is regulated by what we eat, unhealthy and fat rich diet depleted our health. To solve this dilemma, governments should impose duty on fast food, processed and frozen meals. I believe it would be a positive step if it is taken by the authorities to alter our lifestyle and keeping our youth safe and healthy.
It is a fact that our
food
greatly
affects our
health
. This is the reason,
some
people
believe that
their
should be a tax applied on junk
food
by the
governments
. This essay will discuss why I
strongly
agree
with this stance
because
it is accumulating in our population and
also
affecting the
health
of our school going children.
Eating
fast
food
and processed
food
is
extremely
unhealthy for
people
of every age. They contain high amounts of unsaturated fats, calories and salts which in turn cause serious problems; the most common ones are cardiac arrest, stroke, hypertension, diabetes and obesity. The reason behind this Western influenced and sedentary lifestyle is that,
fast
food
restaurants and
companies
providing frozen TV Dinners spend a bulk of their profit on advertising their
food
, which
ultimately
persuade
people
to
buy
them.
For example
, we can
see
that KFC, McDonald's, Pizza Hut are always over crowded whenever we visit,
furthermore
, eating sausages, chilled or canned
food
like mushrooms and fish is
now
more trending in most families,
beacause
they are ready to
use
. The
only
solution to this problem is that
governments
should induce taxes on manufacturers, sales tax could
be raised
in order to limit their sale with result that customers could be
stopped
.
Another
danger
is for the children and adolescents who
are provided
with unhealthy
food
in their school cafeterias. It
is observed
that children of the age of 6-12 and then
youngersters
are
seen
to be fond of burgers and pizzas,
but
the problem is that obesity rate is
also
rapidly
increasing in this age group. We can say that obesity has
now
became
epidemic which is spreading
fastly
in various continents
especially
in Europe, America and after that Asia. In 1975 according to estimates,
for instance
in Pakistan, there were
only
10% obese kids in schools
but
now
this amount has expanded to 40%. The research
also
revealed that there are millions of kids falling every year into
health
hazards due to their
bad
eating
habbits
.
To conclude
, our body
is regulated
by what we eat, unhealthy and
fat
rich diet depleted our
health
. To solve this dilemma,
governments
should impose duty on
fast
food
, processed and frozen meals. I believe it would be a
positive
step if it
is taken
by the authorities to alter our lifestyle and keeping our youth safe and healthy.