In certain countries people are facing too many health issues due to excessive consumption of fast food. Some people are of the view that to bring this in control the government ought to increase the tax on such food items. However, I completely disagree with this view as I feel that imparting health related knowledge to the citizens and banning hazardous food items are the best ways to deal with this problem.
Undoubtedly, consuming too much fast food leads to many health related concerns. To tackle this, the government has to step in and impart education to the citizens regarding the amount of fast food they can eat and its ill effects rather than imposing higher tax as it will increase the burden on middle class people. To illustrate, in most of the countries about 65% of the population consists of middle class and if the state imposes higher taxes on any food item they will be the most affected lot. Therefore educating people of all class about the health issues arising out of junk food consumption is more feasible.
Fast food contains certain ingredients which are extremely harmful to the human body. Such ingredients should be banned by the government to deal with the health problems arising out of its consumption. This step can eradicate the problem from its root cause. For example, Ajinomoto is one such ingredient which is extensively used in fast food preparations. Health specialists consider it as the slow poison to the human body and it also causes cancer. This kind of food substances used in fast food should be put on the banned list. This measure will be more successful than increasing the tax on fast food.
In conclusion, I firmly believe that imposing tax will not help much in solving the health issues arising out of excessive consumption of fast food as it will not address the root cause of the issue; rather it would put more economic pressure on poor and middle class sections of the society.
In certain countries
people
are facing too
many
health
issues
due to excessive
consumption
of
fast
food
.
Some
people
are of the view that to bring this in control the
government
ought to increase the
tax
on such
food
items.
However
, I completely disagree with this view as I feel that imparting
health
related knowledge to the citizens and banning hazardous
food
items are the best ways to deal with this problem.
Undoubtedly
, consuming too much
fast
food
leads to
many
health
related concerns. To tackle this, the
government
has to
step in and impart education to the citizens regarding the amount of
fast
food
they can eat and its ill effects
rather
than imposing higher
tax
as it will increase the burden on middle
class
people
. To illustrate, in most of the countries about 65% of the population consists of middle
class
and if the state imposes higher
taxes
on any
food
item they will be the most
affected
lot.
Therefore
educating
people
of all
class
about the
health
issues
arising out of junk
food
consumption
is more feasible.
Fast
food
contains certain ingredients which are
extremely
harmful to the human body. Such ingredients should
be banned
by the
government
to deal with the
health
problems arising out of its
consumption
. This step can eradicate the problem from its root cause.
For example
,
Ajinomoto
is one such ingredient which is
extensively
used
in
fast
food
preparations.
Health
specialists consider it as the slow poison to the human body and it
also
causes cancer. This kind of
food
substances
used
in
fast
food
should
be put
on the banned list. This measure will be more successful than increasing the
tax
on
fast
food.
In conclusion
, I
firmly
believe that imposing
tax
will not
help
much in solving the
health
issues
arising out of excessive
consumption
of
fast
food
as it will not address the root cause of the
issue
;
rather
it would put more economic pressure on poor and middle
class
sections of the society.