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There have been a lot of theories of how a country can beat the obesity problem that the world is facing. But I most recently heard a theory that I liked but at the same time I didn’t. A research facility in England believes that they found the cure to obesity…….a fat tax! Yeah you heard me, a fat tax! These researchers believe that if a country implements a tax on fatty foods and on sugar-sweetened drinks that people will buy less, therefore causing the obesity rate to decrease! Personally, I believe that this theory has its positive and its negative sides.

Percentage of Obesity Throughout Countries

For instance, due to the increase in price of fatty foods people will no longer have the, “oh it’s too expensive” excuse.  I mean honestly, how many times have you said, “hmm that piece of chicken is expensive, I think I rather buy a dollar hamburger!” I know I’ve said this millions of times, but I’m a college student so cut me a little slack. Anyways, now the tax will make junk food and healthy food prices basically even, so NO MORE EXCUSES!

On the other hand, the reason that I don’t like this fat food tax theory is because I don’t know the people that are going to rate my food. I mean there are so many foods out there that have their ups and downs! Take beef jerky as an example, it’s considered a healthy snack because it’s low on fat and it has large amounts of protein, which is good. But what if beef jerky is categorized as bad because it contains large amounts of sodium, which means people are more likely to retain water, which makes them heavier. I personally do not like the idea of someone else charging me a higher price on my food because they have a different belief than I do.

So personally I believe that this theory and potential policy has a great incentive, I just believe that there will be many angry people if a country was to ever pass a fat tax. However, if government officials managed to fix a good amount of the problems that this theory has, I would be open to listening to it. But honestly people, I know that sometimes we get lazy and prefer to buy the 4 dollar fast food meal then going to the market and buying a packet of chicken breast for 10 dollars, we’re all guilty of this. Just think of it like this though, that packet of chicken breast you bought can probably feed you for three nights (if you’re single), so aren’t you actually saving more money in the end? Oh yeah, one last thing; the money you save on food now, you’ll probably spend on hospital bills later. So eat healthy please.

Now it’s your turn readers, what would you do if your government passed a fat tax? Leave your comments below!

Cycle of Obesity