In some countries an increasing number of people are suffering from health problems as a

result of eating too much fast food. It is therefore necessary for governments to impose a
higher tax on this kind of food.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion.
Nowadays, there are a higher number of consumers who are hurting from illnesses as they
vastly eat fast food. Some people believe that authorities should take some measures that
can reduce the amount of fast food lovers like raising the tax rate on unhealthy food. In my
opinion, I totally agree with this idea as it would significantly lessen the patients suffering
from eating too much fast food.
To begin with, it is inevitable that fast food has become the key to our lives. Firstly, it is an
easy-to-eat food as it is normally sold anywhere like convenience stores and restaurants.
Secondly, many fast food meals usually have a good taste and they are packaged in a
simple form, such as plastic or foam. Finally, everyone can access the meals at an
affordable price. Therefore, these reasons are the main reasons why fast food is popular in
several countries.
Nevertheless, consuming too much fast food directly affects the number of patients in a
hospital as this chain of food causes many diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and
hypertension. Some of these diseases are chronic diseases that have to use high-technology
medical equipment to cure and have to be treated by a specialist and these diseases have a
high fatality rate. Hence, disease prevention is extremely crucial.
Consequently, the officials should launch a measure to protect citizens’ health. An effective
measure that is well-known is raising the tax rate on fast food. This may obviously help
lessen the fast food customers and alter their overall eating behavior as they may be able
to access healthy food at a lower price, compared to fast food.
In conclusion, I think that the measure of raising the fast food tax is suitable as it can
significantly alter consumer behavior in eating food.