What has Changed? Eating in fast food restaurants seems to be easier and cheaper for most people, without realizing the fact that fast food is actually the number one American’s killer. Since the 1970’s the lifestyle for adult and children have completely changed from good habits to bad habits to the point where it has become too dangerous. Nowadays, people had become lazy to cook their own meals and even hit the gym for some minutes which is leading to obesity and obesity-related diseases. There is no self-control when it is meal time, people choose to consume big portions that contains high calories with little or no movement. Obesity had become one of the most threatful issue to Americans health today. An average Americans consume more
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People should know what they ingest and how to burn what goes down their body. No one would hold a person responsible for their health or what they consume. People should know that high diet has a consequence perhaps can cost their lives. People should at least have a thousand steps to survive and to stay fit, however that does not exist today. No one is culpable to get a person do what they want if they are culpable to control themselves. Traditionally, look good feel good have reversed since there are no such a thing confidence or self esteem because of the additional pounds on the belly. Also shannon Brownlee mentioned “...these guys ate at fast-food joints because they had absolutely no interest to cook for themselves and didn 't give a rip about the nutritional quality of the food”(8). This is reflects how lazy people have become event keeping themselves healthy is impossible. Americans tained to sue the fast food companies because they choose to eat their food and do not give a rip about the nutrients they’re putting inside their …show more content…
If taxing cigarettes helped in reduction of smoking ,then taxing bad food will decrease obesity and stop the spread of unprevented diseases. People like the cheap and if subsidizing fruit and vegetables and rising cost of soft drinks, people are more likely to buy the cheap. By subitizing fruit and vegetables people would prefer to buy healthy food. In the United State the poorest are the fattest because they choose to buy fast food since it is cheaper than healthy food and the only way to reverse this is but subzi healthy food such as fruit and vegetables. Texing unhealthy food will make a great impact on health care cost and help young generation to develop a good eating habit. Mark Bittman in the article Bad Food?Tax it, and Subsidize vegetables, by Mark Bittman shows the prediction of texting by claiming “A 20 percent increase in the price of sugary drinks nationally could result in about 20 percent decrease in consumption, which in the next decade could prevent 1.5 Americans from becoming obese”(28). That shows the projected benefits of texting bad food. It will decrease 20 percent of consumption which can then save 400,000 people from getting diabetes in the next decade. Also the 20 percent increase would save 30 billions of dollars in the health care cost, which then government can use to welfare the people. The saving money could return to the communities of local spending on
People should know what they ingest and how to burn what goes down their body. No one would hold a person responsible for their health or what they consume. People should know that high diet has a consequence perhaps can cost their lives. People should at least have a thousand steps to survive and to stay fit, however that does not exist today. No one is culpable to get a person do what they want if they are culpable to control themselves. Traditionally, look good feel good have reversed since there are no such a thing confidence or self esteem because of the additional pounds on the belly. Also shannon Brownlee mentioned “...these guys ate at fast-food joints because they had absolutely no interest to cook for themselves and didn 't give a rip about the nutritional quality of the food”(8). This is reflects how lazy people have become event keeping themselves healthy is impossible. Americans tained to sue the fast food companies because they choose to eat their food and do not give a rip about the nutrients they’re putting inside their …show more content…
If taxing cigarettes helped in reduction of smoking ,then taxing bad food will decrease obesity and stop the spread of unprevented diseases. People like the cheap and if subsidizing fruit and vegetables and rising cost of soft drinks, people are more likely to buy the cheap. By subitizing fruit and vegetables people would prefer to buy healthy food. In the United State the poorest are the fattest because they choose to buy fast food since it is cheaper than healthy food and the only way to reverse this is but subzi healthy food such as fruit and vegetables. Texing unhealthy food will make a great impact on health care cost and help young generation to develop a good eating habit. Mark Bittman in the article Bad Food?Tax it, and Subsidize vegetables, by Mark Bittman shows the prediction of texting by claiming “A 20 percent increase in the price of sugary drinks nationally could result in about 20 percent decrease in consumption, which in the next decade could prevent 1.5 Americans from becoming obese”(28). That shows the projected benefits of texting bad food. It will decrease 20 percent of consumption which can then save 400,000 people from getting diabetes in the next decade. Also the 20 percent increase would save 30 billions of dollars in the health care cost, which then government can use to welfare the people. The saving money could return to the communities of local spending on