In the article, “A Food Manifesto for the Future”, Mark Bittman explains how our diet is unhealthful and dangerous. As he critics the unsustainable system we currently uses, he then begins to list different ideas that could be implemented to improve our commodity chains. In this list to improve our system, Bittman states that one solution could be to tax the marketing and sale of unhealthful foods. Although this may seem to be an unnecessary option that many could believe it as a plan leading towards failure, after reading scholarly journals by Mintz and co-authors Clarke, Mytton and Rayner, I conclude that this recommendation could be great for our society if properly implemented. The importance of this tax implementation in unhealthy foods
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It is no surprise that eating out has become more of a social, and cultural activity in our society. Many Americans do view eating out as even a necessity often times because of the assimilation and comfort of being able to buy cheap meals for the family without having to actually make any of it. It is an easy task, with the only effort being the driving to the fast-food restaurants, and having to order the meals. Not only that, but it would most likely bring a drastic change in our economy, considering the amount of money that goes into eating out. However, after reading Clarke, Mytton and Rayner’s analysis, “Taxing unhealthy food and drinks to improve health” where he explains how although taxing unhealthy foods and beverages may have its difficulties, it is still a feasible option for the improvement in health. In the article, Clarke, Mytton and Rayner provide examples of other nations that have implemented unhealthy foods taxes such as Denmark that has introduced a “fat tax,” Hungary with its “junk food tax,” France with their tax on sweetened drinks, and the list continues. They state in his article that, “Increasing the price of unhealthy foods, by taxation, should reduce consumption of the taxed foods” (pg. 1). This tax implantation would get rid of the comfort and convenience of junk food and would allow individuals to instead more likely pick the ingredients and meals that would on the long run have more benefits for one’s
It is no surprise that eating out has become more of a social, and cultural activity in our society. Many Americans do view eating out as even a necessity often times because of the assimilation and comfort of being able to buy cheap meals for the family without having to actually make any of it. It is an easy task, with the only effort being the driving to the fast-food restaurants, and having to order the meals. Not only that, but it would most likely bring a drastic change in our economy, considering the amount of money that goes into eating out. However, after reading Clarke, Mytton and Rayner’s analysis, “Taxing unhealthy food and drinks to improve health” where he explains how although taxing unhealthy foods and beverages may have its difficulties, it is still a feasible option for the improvement in health. In the article, Clarke, Mytton and Rayner provide examples of other nations that have implemented unhealthy foods taxes such as Denmark that has introduced a “fat tax,” Hungary with its “junk food tax,” France with their tax on sweetened drinks, and the list continues. They state in his article that, “Increasing the price of unhealthy foods, by taxation, should reduce consumption of the taxed foods” (pg. 1). This tax implantation would get rid of the comfort and convenience of junk food and would allow individuals to instead more likely pick the ingredients and meals that would on the long run have more benefits for one’s