Right now in our society, most of us tend to blame someone if
there is something wrong in our community. Most people blame the government for
not fixing the problem at the first place before the problem spread out and become
totally uncontrollable and epidemic. In this unit, our topic is about “foods”, specifically
what’s inside the food, food engineering, and obesity. In the article of Mark
Bittman, “Bad food? Tax it, and Subsidize Vegetables”, is about government
taxing unhealthy food and lowering the price of vegetables. Bittman provided a
great example; the government taxed the tobacco products and most people
quit smoking. In my opinion, I think this solution would be very effective but
people would not like it. I read this one article that says obesity rate is increasing and people propose a solution of making fast food companies to change
the way they make their food. I think it is impossible for fast food companies
to stop the food engineering because it has a lot of advantages. Whoever proposes
a solution to this problem, the simplest solution starts from you, in yourself,
by making the right choices of eating healthy food and exercising regularly. It
is not hard thing to drink water instead of soda, or spend several minutes of
hard work out a day. All of the results of this proper diet and proper exercise
take a lot of time and effort but it will pay off eventually overtime. Losing weight
takes huge dedication to achieve a fit body that every person deserves.
Yes I completely agree with you. What people to choose to eat is up to them. They are in control of their own actions. If people choose to act like babies and allow the corporations to feed them then that is their choice. And if they choose to act like adults and eat healthy and exercise then that is also their choice. Too much of the responsibility for this epidemic is being placed on the corporations. Of course they are out to make money. As are most people in this world. Yet there is free will. It is up to the individual to make their choices. And for some people is is their lifestyle. They eat the way they want to and even if prices were to be raised they would continue to eat that way. Because they simply see food as a major source of enjoyment in their life and there is nothing wrong with that. For some exercise is simply not for them. And there is nothing wrong with that.
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