Some people think that government should subsidize fruits and vegetables to make healthy food cheaper. Others argue that tax should be set on unhealthy food. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Nowadays, the increase in the consumption of unhealthy fast food has led to a rise in health related problems, and it is becoming a cause of concern in most countries. Some individuals opine that government should subsidize healthy foods, whereas others say that the solution is in levying a ‘Fat Tax’, which means a tax on fast food. This essay intends to delve into both perspectives. I, however, side with the former view.
The main argument in support of ‘Fat tax’ is that unhealthy food habits have led to an increase in health problems. The health of the general public is not only an individual’s responsibility, but also the responsibility of the government. Moreover, the revenue earned can be utilized towards providing better health care, medical research and other such issues, which will in the development of the nation.
On the other hand, some people opine that a major reason for a higher consumption of fast food is that healthier food options are not affordable by everyone. For instance, a glass of sweetened soda is cheaper than a glass of milk. Therefore, instead of making the fast food more expensive, subsidies should be provided for producers of healthy foods, like vegetables, fruits, milk, et cetera. By doing so, people will have a choice to make between healthy and fast food, with both being priced equally. They also say that implementing the ‘Fat Tax’ is not an effective method as it penalizes everyone, both the rich and poor, thus further increasing the gaps in society. This will affect the poor more and take away the simple pleasures that everyone enjoys.
I believe that taking care of one’s health is an individual’s responsibility and also is a right to freedom of choice. The causes of health problems like obesity, cardiovascular diseases, et cetera are not limited to an unhealthy diet. Lack of exercise is also a major cause of an increase in obesity. These are all personal choices that people need to make and measures should be taken to make people aware of the consequences of the choices they make. It would not be wise to implement a fat-tax, as it will not be practical for the government to decide which food product should be taxed and which should be exempted. Also, it has been found through a research, that taste is the number one factor, when deciding what to eat. So increasing the tax on fast food will not make a considerable difference to the consumption of unhealthy foods.
To conclude, implementing the fat-tax is not an effective solution to the health problems. Subsidizing healthier food options should be done, so that those who want to refrain from eating unhealthy foods should have healthier options within the reach of their pocket.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 134, Rule ID: GENERAL_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'public'.
Suggestion: public
...e in health problems. The health of the general public is not only an individual’s responsibil...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, moreover, so, therefore, thus, whereas, for instance, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 13.1623246493 190% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 7.85571142285 191% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 10.4138276553 86% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 7.30460921844 233% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 24.0 24.0651302605 100% => OK
Preposition: 58.0 41.998997996 138% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 8.3376753507 156% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2272.0 1615.20841683 141% => OK
No of words: 460.0 315.596192385 146% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.93913043478 5.12529762239 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.6311565067 4.20363070211 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77757356947 2.80592935109 99% => OK
Unique words: 229.0 176.041082164 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.497826086957 0.561755894193 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 694.8 506.74238477 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 5.43587174349 147% => OK
Article: 6.0 2.52805611222 237% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 16.0721442886 137% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.2975951904 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.4544457734 49.4020404114 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.272727273 106.682146367 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.9090909091 20.7667163134 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.31818181818 7.06120827912 61% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 3.9879759519 201% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 3.4128256513 176% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.342470522105 0.244688304435 140% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0936447401484 0.084324248473 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0898641408331 0.0667982634062 135% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.205970772098 0.151304729494 136% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0627010420231 0.056905535591 110% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.3 13.0946893788 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 50.2224549098 119% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.3001002004 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.37 12.4159519038 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.99 8.58950901804 93% => OK
difficult_words: 98.0 78.4519038076 125% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 9.78957915832 77% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.1190380762 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.7795591182 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 134, Rule ID: GENERAL_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'public'.
Suggestion: public
...e in health problems. The health of the general public is not only an individual’s responsibil...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, moreover, so, therefore, thus, whereas, for instance, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 13.1623246493 190% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 7.85571142285 191% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 10.4138276553 86% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 7.30460921844 233% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 24.0 24.0651302605 100% => OK
Preposition: 58.0 41.998997996 138% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 8.3376753507 156% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2272.0 1615.20841683 141% => OK
No of words: 460.0 315.596192385 146% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.93913043478 5.12529762239 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.6311565067 4.20363070211 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77757356947 2.80592935109 99% => OK
Unique words: 229.0 176.041082164 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.497826086957 0.561755894193 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 694.8 506.74238477 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 5.43587174349 147% => OK
Article: 6.0 2.52805611222 237% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 16.0721442886 137% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.2975951904 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.4544457734 49.4020404114 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.272727273 106.682146367 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.9090909091 20.7667163134 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.31818181818 7.06120827912 61% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 3.9879759519 201% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 3.4128256513 176% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.342470522105 0.244688304435 140% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0936447401484 0.084324248473 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0898641408331 0.0667982634062 135% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.205970772098 0.151304729494 136% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0627010420231 0.056905535591 110% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.3 13.0946893788 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 50.2224549098 119% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.3001002004 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.37 12.4159519038 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.99 8.58950901804 93% => OK
difficult_words: 98.0 78.4519038076 125% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 9.78957915832 77% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.1190380762 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.7795591182 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.