Extra tax on fast food Nowadays people always are overweight or obese. A big reason of this is unhealthy food like a Big Mac‚ Hamburger etc. Too much of any of those can cause serious health problems which a lot of people of the world today suffer from. The real problem is why are people making these choices? It’s simple‚ unhealthy food is cheaper than healthy food in many cases. Is it a good idea to introduce a fast food tax‚ or do unhealthy food observe to remain cheap and free of extra tax
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Zachary Buerkle November 12‚ 2012 Is fast food the new tobacco? Should government further regulate fast food advertisements as done with tobacco advertisements? On June 22 of 2010‚ over ten years of intensive planning from the FDA would finally result in the extensive regulation of the $89 billion tobacco industry. Although the newly created laws could not illegalize nicotine or tobacco‚ the FDA was given vast authority to regulate the ingredients in tobacco products as well as the way they
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Fast Food Nation The first half of the book Fast Food Nation written by Eric Schlosser expresses the profound outcomes of fast food in America starting from its creation to today. Some of these examples include: more employment opportunities for teenagers‚ the creation of successful franchise owners‚ and a new revolutionary way to buy food. Schlosser talks about the major effect that fast food companies have made in the life of teenagers. According to Schlosser‚ “Teenagers have long provided the
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Dr. Lee Eng-102 04/10/2014 Fast Foods Fast foods are not new phenomena; these are foods that are quickly prepared and served. It traced its origin in the US in the 1950s. In a typical setup‚ these foods are served in restaurants‚ and other food outlets close to the people. The ever growing popularity of such foods has been to blame on the laziness of the people (especially college students) who seem to prefer precooked meals to well cooked meals. These types of food are common among the children
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Over the past few decades‚ American’s increase in food marketing to children has closely tracked their increase in weight. Since 1980‚ the number of obese children has more than doubled to 16 percent. It soon becomes a big issue in our society because it threads American children’s health which causes them to consider fast food as their “primary meal”. Then the society starts to think who to blame. Is it the fast food companies’ false marketing or the parents’ responsibilities? According to the articles
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The Fast Food Problem It seems that The United States is always striving to be the “number one.” The nation with the most billionaires. The nation with the most roads. The nation with the most powerful military. These are all great achievements‚ but not all catagories are good things to be number one in. For example‚ percent of population that is overweight. The United States happens to be on the very top of this category. The United States is the nation with the highest percent of people who are
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Raising Taxes on Fast Food Which sounds better‚ a $10 burger and soda‚ or a $3 grilled chicken salad and water? While convenient and cheap‚ the widespread eating of fast food has caused many health problems throughout America. By raising taxes and making fast food more expensive‚ I think Americans will begin to eat healthier‚ other restaurants will see economic success‚ and the government will spend much less on health care. When fast food prices are jacked up‚ this offers people an incentive
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blaming fast food restaurants for obesity? When is it individual responsibility and when is it appropriate to place blame? Can we really classify obesity as an epidemic? We speak of it as though it ’s a new viral strain sweeping the country. Obesity in America has risen over 15 percent in the last 20 years‚ but it ’s been on the rise many years prior. Let’s just focus on fast food restaurants for a moment. Fast foods can benefit you in any way that you need it to. It is affordable‚ fast‚ appetizing
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2005. South Korea is now one of the world’s largest economies (as of 2006‚ it is 14th in the world according to GDP). (2). If we will compare Korean market to East Asian countries (Exhibit 1 p.12).From report I have strong understanding that mane fast-food market in any Asian countries is in big cities. Let’s check urban population level in all Asian countries. Based on Exhibit 1 we can clearly see that Korea has one of the best Urban Population level-total population level 47.6 million and urban population
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Can Fast Food be Healthy? Fast food has become a huge part of American culture and can affect us in our daily lives. Fast food is consumed by millions of American each and every day‚ which makes it important to determine whether the food is actually healthy. Almost everyone in America has had fast food at one point in their life making the knowledge of whether fast food is healthy or not relevant to everyone. While fast food has been prevalent in America for quite some time now‚ it is more controversial
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