of implementing a junk food tax was proposed by several experts. The purpose of the tax was to decrease the consumption of unhealthy foods. This tax would also generate revenue earmarked for relevant causes‚ such as; improving diet‚ obesity prevention‚ and nutrition education. The underlying purpose is to focus on maximizing health benefits. It has sparked controversy on the levels of additional bureaucracy‚ interfering with personal liberties‚ and freedom of choice. Junk-Food Taxes Introduction
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“Junk Food and its Affects on Childhood Obesity” According to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion‚ the rate of childhood obesity has tripled in the last 30 years. Although there are many contributing factors to this statistic‚ junk food has proven itself to be the leading cause of this epidemic. The problem with junk food is its lack of nutritional value. When you turn on the television‚ you are inundated with fast food and junk food commercials. Excessive
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RUNNING HEAD: Junk food should not be in schools Are junk foods in schools a reason children are becoming so obese these days? I think it has a part of it. Children start seeing vending machines and soda machines in schools as soon as they begin their education. They see their parents and teachers and other adults eat and drink the items out of the vending machine and soon enough the children themselves are drinking a can of soda a day or sugared filled drink and a candy bar. This is a bad
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Addiction to Junk Food Everyday‚ millions of people consume the so-called addictive "junk food.” Most of the people who do not have time‚ or find it affortable eat in fast food restourants such as McDonalds‚ Burger King‚ and many others. Junk food is addictive because of many reasons such as saving time. The junk food can be clasified in few categories - snacks‚ fast food‚ and soft drinks. First come the snacks‚ which are being brought everyday by millions of people who are not conserned about
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Mao-Tamasese‚ Paula 20 July 2014 Sanger English 100 "Fat Tax" brings Fat Benefits Junk food. Do any of us know the meaning of the term? Do the consequences of developing lethal diseases not concern us? Apparently‚ today’s society is well aware of what it is‚ (food with a low nutrition value and is usually processed or ready-prepared (Junk Food)) and what it can do‚ yet they prefer not to have truth repeatedly slapped in their face by the media. The way I see it‚ that’s exactly what these
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are killing themselves with food. Everywhere I go‚ all I see is fast-food restaurants‚ lousy eating habits and unconscious people. They don’t seem to make eating habits a priority anymore. I think that people forgot one of the fundamental aspects of the human body: you are what you eat. If you eat fat‚ you will be fat. It is as logical to me as saying that if you drink five gallons of gasoline‚ you will die. Thus‚ I think that children should begin learning good food habits at a young age‚ so that
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Food Labels Compare and Contrast You are standing in the diary section of the grocery store‚ and in your hands is cottage cheese and mozzarella cheese. You are trying to pick the better food choice to meet your dietary needs. How do you know which one is the best choice? Well‚ the best way to know which of these two foods meets your dietary needs is by reading each items food label to see what nutrients they both contain. The first thing the food label tells you is the serving size of each food
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------------------------------------------------- Obesity Junk food plays a major role in the obesity epidemic. By the year 2050‚ the rate of obesity in the U.S. is expected to reach 42 percent‚ according to researchers at Harvard University. Children who eat fast food as a regular part of their diets consume more fat‚ carbohydrates and processed sugar and less fiber than those who do not eat fast food regularly. Junk food in these children’s diets accounts for 187 extra calories per day‚ leading
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Professor Blaine Writing IV 20 February 2013 Junk food advertising Subject 1: Because of the alarming rate of childhood obesity and the power of advertising to attract children‚ a growing number of people think that junk food advertising should be banned or limited in some way. Would you be for or against such a ban? Write a persuasive paragraph in which you develop and support your position on this issue. I strongly believe that junk food advertising should not be banned because it
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between healthy food and junk food Life today is not like how it was before. A long time ago‚ people ate food that was very good for their health. They ate food not contains chemicals‚ preservatives‚ artificial colours‚ and flavours. People also spent a lot of time cooks their own foods. Therefore‚ those people were not affected by the food that they ate‚ because all the foods that they had was natural and healthy. That is‚ they did not have any problems with their health. Foods can be classified
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