With the burgeoning number of people getting corpulent and having gastrointestinal illnesses due to junk foods and fizzy drinks, It has been argued that the legislators should impose heavy levies on those harmful products in order to exhort the public to embark on dietary habits while the others opine that it is their legal rights to make decisions on their lives especially their food consumptions.
On the one hand, levying such taxes would provoke bitter conflicts and grievances among the whole society. They work hard to augment their remuneration so as to fulfil their desires regarding food and drinks, so being charged with high costs is undoubtedly considered as inequality. Moreover, processed foods such as hamburgers, pizzas, . . To name but a few are often sold at affordable prices, which are suitable for the middle-class workers and students as these people do not have the financial capacity to go to the restaurant as well as time to prepare their meals, so they have to end up purchasing these harmful yet low-price products. Increasing taxes on these snacks seems to make no differences to the eating habit of the affluent class owing to the fact that such extra fees would be deemed small and unnoticeable to these well-off while it is the poorer segment of the society who will suffer from the increasing high food expenses.
On the other hand, if raising taxes on unhealthy snack succeed to persuade citizens into healthy eating habits, it would enhance and improve inhabitants’ social lives. This is because the increasing number of people starting eating healthy would avoid ailments include obesity-related illnesses and cardiovascular disease, leading to the reduction in spendings on healthcare services. Rather than centring on financing the treatment of those sick, more money could be used to address the more controversial issues such as poverty or environmental problems. In addition, from an individual’s perspective, in this daily hectic life citizens tend to encounter with high level of stress and depression, having nutrient-rich meals on daily basis enables them to have the ability to mentally and physically active; therefore, the aforementioned psychological problems will be avoided and they will end up leading healthy lifestyles.
To conclude, is is left on each peoples' mindsets to decide on what they consume regardless of the legislators’ stringent rules or regulations, country inhabitants should be self-aware and alter their own eating habits in order to continue productive working life and prolong their life expectancy.
With the burgeoning number of
people
getting corpulent and having gastrointestinal illnesses due to junk
foods
and fizzy drinks, It has
been argued
that the legislators should impose heavy levies on those harmful products in order to exhort the public to embark on dietary
habits
while the others opine that it is their legal rights to
make
decisions on their
lives
especially
their
food
consumptions
.
On the one hand, levying such taxes would provoke bitter conflicts and grievances among the whole society. They work
hard
to augment their remuneration
so as to
fulfil their desires regarding
food
and drinks,
so
being charged
with high costs is
undoubtedly
considered as inequality.
Moreover
, processed
foods
such as hamburgers, pizzas
, .
.
To name
but
a few are
often
sold at affordable prices, which are suitable for the middle-
class
workers and students as these
people
do not have the financial capacity to go to the restaurant
as well
as time to prepare their meals,
so
they
have to
end
up purchasing these harmful
yet
low-price products. Increasing taxes on these snacks seems to
make
no differences to the
eating
habit
of the affluent
class
owing to the fact that such extra fees would
be deemed
small
and unnoticeable to these well-off while it is the poorer segment of the society who will suffer from the increasing high
food
expenses.
On the other hand
, if raising taxes on unhealthy snack succeed to persuade citizens into healthy
eating
habits
, it would enhance and
improve
inhabitants’ social
lives
. This is
because
the increasing number of
people
starting
eating
healthy would avoid ailments include obesity-related illnesses and cardiovascular disease, leading to the reduction in
spendings on
healthcare services.
Rather
than
centring
on financing the treatment of those sick, more money could be
used
to address the more controversial issues such as poverty or environmental problems.
In addition
, from an individual’s perspective, in this daily hectic life citizens tend to encounter with high level of
stress
and depression, having nutrient-rich meals on daily basis enables them to have the ability to mentally and
physically
active;
therefore
, the aforementioned psychological problems will be
avoided and
they will
end
up leading healthy lifestyles.
To conclude
,
is is
left
on each peoples' mindsets to decide on what they consume regardless of the legislators’ stringent
rules
or regulations, country inhabitants should be self-aware and alter their
own
eating
habits
in order to continue productive working life and prolong their life expectancy.