JUNK FOOD – OPINION ESSAY- For the last thirty years‚ junk food has been part of our daily life. Whenever we are hungry‚ we want to celebrate‚ or have a quick easy meal‚ we resort to fast food. In this way‚ pizza‚ hamburgers‚ carbonated beverages (sodas)‚ fried chicken‚ among others‚ have replaced the nutritious foods in our diet. But this is not the healthy way to nourish ourselves. In my opinion‚ junk food is certainly not the healthier option when we have to choose what to include in our diet
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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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Should There Be a Tax On Junk Food? What would it be like to see a healthier‚ skinnier world? A world were more of the population exercised. People choose to eat well balanced meals instead of greasy‚ fattening foods. Where it would be easier to afford the more healthy foods and not the fast foods all the time. Junk food should be taxed because the rate of obesity is rising rapidly‚ so people need to choose their foods more wisely‚
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Eating junk food can have a significant impact on one’s health. Though many people enjoy eating junk food and think it tastes great‚ the health consequences can be serious‚ 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‚ white flour‚ and fat‚ particularly saturated
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Poll: Most Oppose Tax on Junk Food This poll was taken as part of CBS News’ "Where America Stands" series‚ an in-depth look at where the country stands today on key topics and an outlook for the future decade. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most Americans want to lose weight‚ a new CBS News poll finds – but they do not favor a tax on junk food and do not believe that such a tax would help lower obersity. The poll results reveal that the vast
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The Ultimate Guilty Pleasure Tasty‚ sweet‚ salty‚ filling‚ pleasing… junk food. Junk food is my guiltiest pleasure. I buy my Burger King whopper every Wednesday or I casually have a McDonald’s run on those lazy nights. Those pre-packaged‚ ready to go meals tastes so much better than my mother’s experimental cooking‚ which she claims is gourmet. It looks so good‚ it’s affordable‚ and it’s impossible to turn down‚ it’s like a gift from heaven. In all seriousness‚ would you rather have a plain
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“Junking junk food” – Judith Warner In this article the author is trying to show us how our country has become very unhealthy nation. Warner believes that to end the obesity in the country the government needs to be involved. They should make healthy food more appealing while making the junk food less appealing. There are a lot of people whom are worrying and trying to change the way majority of American people eat. Because almost 40% of American people are fat‚ and that because the way they eat
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Why Should the Government Tax “Junk Food”? The duty of ensuring a healthy life for the citizens is the government’s in the first place‚ then the citizens’ their selves. The reason is that the citizens provide their necessary supplements from the markets‚ almost markets that are legalized by the government‚ and their job is to sell feasible foods. Some foods lack the nutritional values that are necessary for health; they’re called junk food‚ and they’re being sold and used by people. These kinds
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Junk Food Sucks Eating junk food can have a significant impact on one’s health. Though many people enjoy eating junk food and think it tastes great. The term "junk food" typically refers to foods that are relatively high in caloric content‚ but low in nutritional value. Junk food is often high in sugar‚ salt‚ white flour‚ and fat. A few examples of foods often considered to be junk food include fast food‚ sweets such as ice cream‚ candy‚ donuts‚ and prepackaged treats
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