More and more people are getting overweight. Some people think that increasing the price of fattening food items can solve this problem. Do you agree or disagree?
The great public discourse of concurrent times is associated with whether the intake of high calorie food can be mitigated by raising the price of such items, or not. Some support this and others oppose this.
A lobby professes that the rise in the prices of food loaded with glutton would definitely reduce the intake of junk food as this would force consumers to switch to low calorie options which are healthier in nature, restricting the food shopping and thus consumption. To exemplify, the International Food Policy Research Institute is proposing hiking the cost of calorie-rich edible items after a successful pilot study conducted in various parts of the world, wherein the targeted population involved in study almost eliminated the edible products, from their shopping lists, that were laden with fat because of the unaffordable prices.
However, a section disagrees with the notion and believes, this move might not yield the desired results since the origin of this problem lies in the inability of a major part of the population to procure or cook healthy options due to their over engagement with their work or studies, leaving them with little time to consider their health, and so they choose they the readily available alternatives. To add to the woes, most are committed to flaunt their association with processed and packed food, which is often filled with fatty ingredients to enhance the taste that eventually causes addiction. Such people will continue to consume such material despite high prices.
Overall, I disagree with the notion that raising the price of high calorie food would address the issue. People need to remain aware of their well being. It is necessary to discover plausible options to surmount this challenge.
