Eating junk food can have a major negative impact on one’s health. Though many people enjoy eating junk food and think it tastes great‚ the health risk and consequences can be very effective‚ and can range from everything to low energy levels to weight gain and illness. The term "junk food" encompasses a fairly broad category of food‚ but it typically refers to foods that are relatively high in caloric content‚ but low in nutritional value. Junk food is often high in sugar‚ salt‚ and fat‚ particularly
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Junk Food Tax The current issue of junk food consumption and the overall obesity battle in America continues to plague our nation. The suggestion to counteract this problem is the implementation of a “junk tax”. ProQuest states that‚ “’junk food tax’ refers to a tax placed upon fattening foods or beverages” (Par. 1). The intention of the tax is to minimize the consumption of unhealthy foods‚ which would expectantly lead to a healthier population. A junk food tax would also generate revenue for causes
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Junk Food tax is defined as“taxing less nutritional value food such as sugary pop while food with high nutritional value will not be taxed.” (Rupert Taylor‚ 2009). Junk Food is generally consumed by people with a wide range of ages‚ a majority of children‚ adults or even elderly love consuming junk food. It is likely to say that junk food contains quite a lot of fat and food additives which have low nutritional value and bad to our health. Research appears to show (Dr. Michael Booth‚ 2009) that the
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“Junk food and Teens of today” Teenagers today are becoming addicted to junk food without realizing the effects. As they have been surrounded by junk food all of their lives so it is really the only type of food that they have ever known. Junk foods are nothing but those which only have a high amount of salt‚ sugar‚ fat and refined flour. Any food that tickles your taste buds and the thought of which makes your mouth water is the one which actually has no vitamins‚ minerals or fibre and is extremely
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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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Junk Food is a vast contributor to the increasing levels of diabetes‚ and other chronic conditions and diseases in America. In order to establish a healthy country‚ Americans must alter eating habits and establish knowledge within our nation’s children. The beverage and food industry spend billions of dollars annually to promote its products to children. Public institutions promote these products to increase revenue for school needed activities. This continuous‚ unhealthy cycle is in adversely
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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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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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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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