Don’t you feel that you have the right to choose what you eat ? This argumentative essay will look at the National Food policy and consequently the way it would change how Americans eat. In this essay, we will be arguing against the national food policy feeling that Americans have the right to eat the way they choose to, though regulations may help, they would be against our rights in America.
Reasons why are that this is America the land of the free and everyone should have the right to eat what they want whether it is good or bad for them, that is their choice. If there were regulations on food it could possibly drive the price up. Nowadays, salads are more expensive than burgers, so more people go for a burger versus a salad. If the prices of healthy food were less expensive it might drive people to eat healthier. Food can cause you to be obese but that is up to you and what you choose to eat. It is solely up to restaurants and grocers to make healthy food more accessible by lowering the prices and having more to sell. …show more content…
That way, the people can decide whether to be healthy or not. When Michelle Obama introduced healthy foods into schools in 2010, she did not give them an option on what to eat, it was all healthy and nasty foods children did not like. Even though it was to try and help solve childhood obesity, it was non-efficient seeing that the kids did not like what they were eating. In the end, it is up to the parents to get their children to eat healthily. Now, in 2017 it is being pushed that being obese and unhealthy is okay. If there were to be a policy that would stop obesity, there would be plenty of people upset with
Reasons why are that this is America the land of the free and everyone should have the right to eat what they want whether it is good or bad for them, that is their choice. If there were regulations on food it could possibly drive the price up. Nowadays, salads are more expensive than burgers, so more people go for a burger versus a salad. If the prices of healthy food were less expensive it might drive people to eat healthier. Food can cause you to be obese but that is up to you and what you choose to eat. It is solely up to restaurants and grocers to make healthy food more accessible by lowering the prices and having more to sell. …show more content…
That way, the people can decide whether to be healthy or not. When Michelle Obama introduced healthy foods into schools in 2010, she did not give them an option on what to eat, it was all healthy and nasty foods children did not like. Even though it was to try and help solve childhood obesity, it was non-efficient seeing that the kids did not like what they were eating. In the end, it is up to the parents to get their children to eat healthily. Now, in 2017 it is being pushed that being obese and unhealthy is okay. If there were to be a policy that would stop obesity, there would be plenty of people upset with