one avenue through which they can be is a junk food tax. This report proposes that there be a federal tax placed on junk food purchases‚ similar to the taxes placed on gasoline and tobacco products. This tax would dissuade people from purchasing unhealthy food items. At the same time it would help the nation offset some of the financial costs that obesity has generated. The proposition is not a fix-all‚ but it is a good start. Taxation of Junk Food‚ A Proposition to Battle the Obesity Epidemic
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to fast food.JUNK FOOD – MORE THAN A HEALTH HAZARD Dhawananbm ’ ’s article clearly points out all the ills and hazards about "junk food". I must say that we are all aware of how unhealthy these so called foods could be. Firstly there is a question about hygiene of the food outlet. Then there are issues about what it actually contains. That is why we call it junk in the first place. I am of the opinion that people often look at only the health hazards when it comes to “Junk Food" but I wish to submit
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the land of plenty‚ nobody would think that people‚ who live in America‚ would struggle for food. However‚ it is reality that hungers are all around the nation. After the recession in 2008‚ it almost hit to American to be homeless and job lay off‚ so the rate of hunger was rise up. The most painful fact is for our children who suffer from food insecure hunger because of limited accessibility of nutritious food. According to the research‚ in the video “Hunger Hits Home‚” it shows the calculation of 16
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are used to cook the food are dirty‚ soiled and stained. The utensils are also inadequate. Because of the inadequacy of the utensils‚ some of the students had to eat with their bear hands. 4. Moreover‚ the canteen also serves junk food. Selling unhealthy foods is not the wisest choice for a snack since there are many drawbacks and few nutritional benefits. Students purchasing these junk foods can become overweight and hyper. The canteen workers should stop selling junk food to the students and
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examines the world of fast foods. He uses himself as a guinea pig exploring the different effects of substituting meals for McDonald’s for thirty days. The film presented various of themes but one theme that clearly stood out was fast food being a threat to the public health through obesity and addiction. The theme was supported by the use of different conventions such as professional/ talking head interview‚ montage and jiggly camera. It is showed to us that these junk we eat from McDonald’s in
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In David Zinczenko’s Don’t Blame the Eater article‚ he blames the fast-food industry for starting the rising obesity problem because of the failure of providing the facts and warnings labels about their high calorie junk food to the consumers. Zinczenko argues that kids are drawn by the cheap‚ high-calorie junk food that the fast-food chains like McDonald’s‚ Taco Bell‚ Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ or Pizza Hut are happy to supply because with lots of parents working all day‚ they do not have time to check
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Corporate Responsibility (2) Stakeholder perspective Obesity and fast food Use the stakeholder analysis to look at the impact of fast food (eg MacDonald’s) on each stakeholder group. Should the sale/marketing of fast food be regulated/ restricted? If so why? If not‚ why not? Childhood obesity has been labeled one of the most serious public health issues if the 21st century. 42 million of the children under five years old are overweight all over the world‚ in
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success. The one who followed a disciplined life style pattern is observed to have good health and longer life than others. This study concentrates on the following lifestyle attributes and how they affect the persons health. • Food habit’s ( junk food‚ timely food etc)& Substance abuse • Working environment • Pollution • Physical exercise • Sexual Abuse & Mental health. Type of research: Causal Research. Literature study – various health issues faced by youth
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affordable food to all Americans. The Plate of the Union holds monthly meetings at various locations around the city‚ at a variety of restaurants‚ focused on getting healthier foods on the menu‚ ones that support local farmers. This organization needs the government to pitch in‚ especially the President‚ since they would help bring more awareness to the cause and allow more funds to be put towards this problem. Today’s problem is that most companies and supermarkets provide cheap‚ processed junk foods
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video that I chose was TED Talks; “What’s wrong with what we eat” with Mark Bittman‚ a New York Times food writer. Before watching the video‚ I thought about the title of the video for a few minutes and came up with a hypothesis that Mr. Bittman would talk about the things that are in the food that we digest each and every day. At the beginning of the video‚ Mr. Bittman compares the type of food that we currently eat today to nuclear warfare’s‚ global warming‚ and other worldwide issues. It has
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