Canada has a problem with obesity and an established solution is needed. Junk food is easily accessible and because of this, low-income families are more likely to purchase larger quantities of it due to lower costs. Obesity can lead to diseases and serious illnesses, and some of the most likely illnesses to be received from obesity include type 2 diabetes, uterine cancer, and gallbladder disease Illnesses and diseases are dreadful, however, the number of people that have them may decline by decreasing the amount of sugary, carbonated, and high sodium foods humans consume. A tax needs to be added to junk food because it will decrease consumption and reduce obesity rates, lower incidence of diseases, and the revenue generated by these
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This reduction would substantially reduce the risk of obesity”
(Franck, Grandi, & Eisenberg, 2003). This shows how many calories are in SSBs, and how they can affect your health and your weight. Adding a tax to SSBs would help to stop the overconsumption of high-calorie beverages. Even applying a small tax to certain foods would limit people from buying them, and thus, humans would become a healthier species. Secondly, the addition of tax to junk foods is an exceptional way to bring in revenue for programs promoting physical activity and healthy eating. Even adding a small tax to junk food can have a significant impact on increasing revenue. According to Jacobson and Brownell, “a nationally representative opinion poll revealed that 1-cent taxes per pound of soft drinks, chips, and butter, with the revenues used to fund health education programs, were supported by about
45% of adults surveyed” (Jacobson & Brownell, 2000). This means that there are a substantial number of adults behind this movement, however there are not enough. The younger generation is specifically what matters the most because those are people that will be running our …show more content…
Nutrition in food is another vast issue that needs to be thought about because it has to do with illnesses and diseases. People who do not have a well-balanced diet, with the nutrients that are needed in their day to day lives, pose a threat to being obese and developing obesity-related illnesses and diseases. Jacobson & Brownell (2000) write that “legislative bodies find it more practical to tax well-recognized categories of food that play little useful role in nutrition. Soft drinks and snack foods typically add unneeded calories to the diet or replace nutritious foods, such as low-fat milk or fruit, without providing significant levels of nutrients” (Jacobson & Brownell, 2000).
Therefore, to be able to prevent these diseases from happening, a tax needs to be added to junk foods, to show that those foods should not be bought as much as they currently are because they have no nutritional value in our diets.
Nevertheless, people are going to object to adding a tax on to junk food. People are
This reduction would substantially reduce the risk of obesity”
(Franck, Grandi, & Eisenberg, 2003). This shows how many calories are in SSBs, and how they can affect your health and your weight. Adding a tax to SSBs would help to stop the overconsumption of high-calorie beverages. Even applying a small tax to certain foods would limit people from buying them, and thus, humans would become a healthier species. Secondly, the addition of tax to junk foods is an exceptional way to bring in revenue for programs promoting physical activity and healthy eating. Even adding a small tax to junk food can have a significant impact on increasing revenue. According to Jacobson and Brownell, “a nationally representative opinion poll revealed that 1-cent taxes per pound of soft drinks, chips, and butter, with the revenues used to fund health education programs, were supported by about
45% of adults surveyed” (Jacobson & Brownell, 2000). This means that there are a substantial number of adults behind this movement, however there are not enough. The younger generation is specifically what matters the most because those are people that will be running our …show more content…
Nutrition in food is another vast issue that needs to be thought about because it has to do with illnesses and diseases. People who do not have a well-balanced diet, with the nutrients that are needed in their day to day lives, pose a threat to being obese and developing obesity-related illnesses and diseases. Jacobson & Brownell (2000) write that “legislative bodies find it more practical to tax well-recognized categories of food that play little useful role in nutrition. Soft drinks and snack foods typically add unneeded calories to the diet or replace nutritious foods, such as low-fat milk or fruit, without providing significant levels of nutrients” (Jacobson & Brownell, 2000).
Therefore, to be able to prevent these diseases from happening, a tax needs to be added to junk foods, to show that those foods should not be bought as much as they currently are because they have no nutritional value in our diets.
Nevertheless, people are going to object to adding a tax on to junk food. People are