In some countries, an increasing number of people are suffering from health problems as a result of eating too much fast food. It is, therefore, necessary for governments to impose a higher tax on this kind of food. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
With the changing lifestyle in modern society, eating habits have also been changed drastically among people. Consequently, folks across the world are suffering from diseases like obesity, indigestion, diabetes, and so on. To counter this problem, it is asserted that ruling bodies should increase the tax on junk food items. However, I do not think it will serve the purpose, instead, the government has better solutions on hand which could be more effective.
Imposing a higher tax on fast-food items would leave the government incapacitated in this matter. Primarily, if despite knowing the ill effects of junk food on their health, people do not abandon the habit of eating such food items. Then a small amount of tax cannot prevent them from consuming fast food. Moreover, the buying capacity of the individuals is increasing day by day, whether middle class or affluent class people. So again, the method of levying more charges will not discourage people from buying and eating unhealthy food.
Rather than imposing higher taxes, authorities can work on the root cause. For instance, they can ban the sale of fast food at the eating outlets. Furthermore, it is seen nowadays that hotels, restaurants, and cafes are present at every nook and cranny which attract people. So, the ruling bodies can hamper the proliferation of fast-food selling places. Besides this, the government can ban the use of harmful ingredients in the food preparations such as monosodium glutamate, artificial food sweeteners, and coloring agents. All these ingredients have notable effects on health and thus cause severe diseases such as cancer, food poisoning, obesity, and many more.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that imposing heavy taxes on fast food will not help significantly in inhibiting people from consuming such food items. However, the government needs to take stringent steps of banning this kind of food.
