Mostly people are becoming seriously overweight. Some say that raising the price of fatty foods will solve this problem.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
It is suggested that government should impose taxes on junk food and unhealthy food in order to plunge down the rate of obesity among majority of folks. Although I believe that this step would be effective for controlling this issue but I have a strong belief that this problem cannot be solved by taking only one action.
Admittedly, by elevating the charges of convenience food in a way of taxes, the issue of obesity can be resolved to some extent. This is mainly because higher prices do not come within the reach of average and poor people, which accounts for major portion of the population. Additionally, government must limit the production of such goods and should encourage the production of healthy food as an alternative to fast food by matching the taste along with increasing the nutritional value such as baked chips of nutritional ingredients.
Besides, higher authorities, for the welfare of the population, ought to promote healthy lifestyle in a way of organising several awareness campaigns and by providing subsidies to businesses to open free Yoga centres as obesity is not resulting by consuming only fat food, instead stress is also the major cause of overweight. Thus, organisations must also encourage their employees for being healthy and stress free by giving them spare time and facilities including Gym area and organising other healthy activities, for instance, outdoor sports activities for staff provided it should be regular.
To sum up, the issue of elevated rate of overweight ought to be combatted by taking collective strict and regular actions by not only government but also by major companies.