In recent times, overeating processed food is undermining people’s health. It is often said that the situation should be dealt with by raising consumers’ awareness through education, while others argue that it is improbable. In my perspective, I agree that educating is ineffective and will discuss both points in this essay.
On the one hand, educating people can partly solve the issue. Exposing adverse effects of junk food on their health helps them to realize its harm and acquire adequate knowledge of nourishing food. For example, when consumers are provided with information about food-related illnesses resulting from unhealthy food such as overweight, heart disease and high blood pressure, they may stop using it. Additionally, the educational approach is simpler than other ones. Governments do not need to take different solutions into consideration, such as regulating the food industry or using zoning laws to change local food environments which may be complicated and objected by the public to alleviate the situation.
On the other hand, I am convinced that people are more unlikely to refrain from using fast food by being educated. Firstly, junk food generally has an eye-catching appearance and tastiness that immediately fascinate consumers. It is scientifically proven that sugar in processed food offers the hallmarks of addiction, for instance, withdrawal and craving, so just by educating, it is insurmountable. Secondly, junk food offers much greater convenience compared to home-cooked meals. Due to the increasingly rapid pace of life, consumers usually opt to buy fast food rather than making food themselves, though they may be aware of the destructive impacts of processed food to their health.
To recapitulate, educating is not a conceivable way to address the problem. Governments should tackle the issue by alternative actions.
In recent times, overeating processed
food
is undermining
people
’s health. It is
often
said that the situation should
be dealt
with by raising
consumers’
awareness through education, while others argue that it is improbable. In my perspective, I
agree
that
educating
is ineffective and will discuss both points in this essay.
On the one hand,
educating
people
can partly solve the issue. Exposing adverse effects of junk
food
on their health
helps
them to realize its harm and acquire adequate knowledge of nourishing
food
.
For example
, when
consumers
are provided
with information about food-related illnesses resulting from unhealthy
food
such as overweight, heart disease and high blood pressure, they may
stop
using it.
Additionally
, the educational approach is simpler than other ones.
Governments
do not need to take
different
solutions into consideration, such as regulating the
food
industry or using zoning laws to
change
local
food
environments which may
be complicated
and objected by the public to alleviate the situation.
On the other hand
, I
am convinced
that
people
are more unlikely to refrain from using
fast
food
by
being educated
.
Firstly
, junk
food
generally
has an eye-catching appearance and tastiness that immediately fascinate
consumers
. It is
scientifically
proven that sugar in processed
food
offers the hallmarks of addiction,
for instance
, withdrawal and craving,
so
just
by
educating
, it is insurmountable.
Secondly
, junk
food
offers much greater convenience compared to home-cooked meals. Due to the
increasingly
rapid pace of life,
consumers
usually
opt to
buy
fast
food
rather
than making
food
themselves, though they may be aware of the destructive impacts of processed
food
to their health.
To recapitulate,
educating
is not a conceivable way to address the problem.
Governments
should tackle the issue by alternative actions.