Inflating Unwholesome Foods and Drinks to Curb Excessive Intake

There is a growing number of obeised individuals as a result of improper diet. However, many believe that the probable solution that could be proffered to mitigate this situation is by inflating the prices of unwholesome foods and drinks. I strongly support this idea for a few reasons.

A wide variety of unhealthy meals such as junks, stale foods and fast foods and sugary drinks are frequently consumed by people; for example, in Nigeria, drinks which comprise added sugar and high calories (Pespsi and Seven up) are copiously taken. This is quite a negative  situation as it tends to pose far _reaching effects on people's health, in which obeisity is one of them. The increasing number of people who are overweight these days is alarming. Therefore, there is an ultimate need for an action to be taken to surmount the problems.

The only possible way in which this health issue could  be successfully dealt with is to enhance hike in the price of food items, especially unhealthy foods. Since a large number of people are highly addicted to the consumption of these foods and drinks, they may find it hard to avoid. However, when there is an augment in the price of these goods, to a considerable extent, they may be dissuaded from consuming them. 


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