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Recent research shows that consumption of junk foods is a major factor to poor diet and detrimental to health, some people believe health education is the answer but others disagree… Tell your opinion
In this 21st century majority of the people are leading an unhealthy lifestyle. Eating food rich in calories has also become a widespread practice. It should be regarded as an issue of serious concern. One sensible approach, to reduce the intake of fast food is through educating people regarding healthy habits. In this essay, I would like to outline a few more approaches which could also contribute for a better health. Educating people regarding healthy life style would make them aware of hazards caused by fast food and beneficiaries of good healthy food. Therefore they will certainly try to avoid those junky items. As the proverb says “Prevention is better than cure” health education should be initiated from childhood, This would really create a positive influence on their daily lifestyle. So when they are grown up into adults there is less probability for them to get diverted into the wrong path. There are lot of other social factors, which forces the man to turn towards fast food. Few among them are busy work schedule, advertisement that mainly attracts younger age group, availability of these foods at a cheaper rate and so on. Steps should be taken to prevent these such as ensuring appropriate time and food is provided to the employees. Few more steps that should be considered taken are putting a ban to all the advertisements related to fast food and by prohibiting children from going to these shops. To conclude, It is certain that role played by health education is indispensible. In order to achieve even better results, few alterations should be made out in social aspect