As a child what were your favorite memories? Going to the park? Riding your bike? And staying active? Well, that's a normal child's upbringing but for me, it was a little different.I know this might be hard to believe but I was that kid always feening for any food I could get my hand on and my favorite activity was walking to my nearest Walgreens so I could buy anything that was in my price range so, basically a dollar. This lead to me always buying fatty foods that made me overweight my whole childhood. The obesity rate in America today is unreasonably high and something needs to be done about it. In the article Taxing Junk food to counter obesity published by the Us National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health in 2013 and states
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In the article Would a Fat Tax Save Lives by Jacob Silverman in 2017 states that “Dr. Brownell outlined two proposals, the first of which suggested a 7 percent to 10 percent tax on unhealthy foods. The tax revenue would then subsidize the sale of healthy foods”. The extra tax would be a huge increase but it would most definitely make a change for the better. Later in the article, it explains that if we implement this tax that not only will it make a change in more expensive products but will also bring more revenue to the government and give them the chance to promote public programs that encourage making better choices while eating. With this being a very controversial topic many people may think that this could negatively affect industries and decrease the chances in jobs but that's not true, According to the article ‘Fat Tax’ To lower obesity by Lara Salahi and Samantha Meaney published 2012 “some experts say that cost to jobs is not as risky as the economic cost if Americans remain obese. “Obesity costs American businesses $70 billion in lost productivity”.To put more numbers out there in the Article Pros and Cons of Fat Tax by Pettinger published in 2012, “Those who are obese …show more content…
I strongly believe that this plan if used correctly can make a huge change to our society one day all we need a chance and a goal to be set. After hearing this speech I hope you can see that The United States is in need for a change and Fat tax is the route to take when living a healthy life. If only Fat Tax was used when I was younger because then hopefully I would have been buying apples instead of those package powdered
In the article Would a Fat Tax Save Lives by Jacob Silverman in 2017 states that “Dr. Brownell outlined two proposals, the first of which suggested a 7 percent to 10 percent tax on unhealthy foods. The tax revenue would then subsidize the sale of healthy foods”. The extra tax would be a huge increase but it would most definitely make a change for the better. Later in the article, it explains that if we implement this tax that not only will it make a change in more expensive products but will also bring more revenue to the government and give them the chance to promote public programs that encourage making better choices while eating. With this being a very controversial topic many people may think that this could negatively affect industries and decrease the chances in jobs but that's not true, According to the article ‘Fat Tax’ To lower obesity by Lara Salahi and Samantha Meaney published 2012 “some experts say that cost to jobs is not as risky as the economic cost if Americans remain obese. “Obesity costs American businesses $70 billion in lost productivity”.To put more numbers out there in the Article Pros and Cons of Fat Tax by Pettinger published in 2012, “Those who are obese …show more content…
I strongly believe that this plan if used correctly can make a huge change to our society one day all we need a chance and a goal to be set. After hearing this speech I hope you can see that The United States is in need for a change and Fat tax is the route to take when living a healthy life. If only Fat Tax was used when I was younger because then hopefully I would have been buying apples instead of those package powdered