Fast Food Tax

Fast Food Tax

Introduction

Thesis Statement: Is Fast Food Tax necessary in reducing obesity?

These days the preferance of people is to have fast food than to prepare food themselves. This is because fast food is cheap, convenient and quick. But the fast food is also contributing to the significant problems relating to health. McDonald's burgers are becoming an everyday part of the busy American people. The reason that fast food causes a lot of health related problems are because of the excessive amount of cholesterol, fat and the ingredients that make people fat. Therefore, there are people who are aware that the companies making fast food are the cause for the adverse health related issues. Most people already know these facts. The US government should take responsibility in imposing a high tax on the fast foods that limits the issue of obesity. The government should also support the health care system so that the country can have a generation that is healthy in the future. Addition to that the people should alter their lifestyles and eat healthy foods (Kim, 2006)

Obesity has been a growing worldwide problem for the past three decades, mainly in European countries and the United States of America. Between 1980 and 2004, the prevalence of obesity in Europe and the USA doubled, from 15% to 32%. At the moment in Britain, most adults are overweight, and one-third of all Americans are obese(Lorek,2011). This paper addresses the influence of a fast food tax on reduction of obesity. This analyses the effects of using a fast food tax in the USA as an economic instrument to reduce overweight and obesity. Following are the evidence and the counter arguments to prove this statement.

Discussion

Evidence to support the thesis statement

The addition of a tax in the fast food creates a major affect on the solution of the obesity problem. The preference of fast food is because of its low cost and the solution will be to increase the cost. The government should also pay a positive role in reducing the tax on healthy foods so that people buy them frequently. The problem of obesity is not relating to an individual, but it relates to the whole society(Gagnon,2012). The fast food trend has spread widely across the globe and is the main reason for heart diseases, sugar and similar various kinds of diseases. The fast food tax will be helpful in increasing the cost of fast foods, and thus it will reduce the demand. The examples include the Subway. It contains a sandwich which is a healthy food. Another example would include the addition of vitamins to the kid's meal and the fast food to provide support to the health.

A higher tax on the fast food will significantly enhance the healthcare system. People become obese because they keep on eating fast food regularly. The consequences of the obesity issue are that it leads to a series of illnesses that costs healthcare to fund and treat the ...