The last opinion points the responsibility of the government. The government should care about their citizen’s health. The health is precious assets of individual, moreover, a group and a nation’s asset which is directly related their national economy and power. They have not enough nutritional education for children and neglected unhealthy cafeteria lunch menu. People want to feed their family and children with fresh vegetables, but some of people cannot eat because of cost, so supporting their food expenses especially healthy food. In addition, the revenue for advertisement on healthy food or campaign is really low when we compared it with the revenue for fast food advertisement from fast food companies. Government should spend more money on this. A health problem is deserved to be supported by government. Of course, just blaming overweight problem cannot help anything. The intention of this writing and showing the data about obesity rate will be meaningful when we try to solve the problem, in other words, when we reduce the amount of obesity rate. If there is a problem, there must be some solution and there are various ways depends on who you are. There are some general suggested solutions for individuals. Doing exercise is a good way of reducing fat cells in the body. Many people already know this, although it is common solution, it is effective and good for health. However, reducing fat needs a strategy based on information and knowledge, so people need knowledge about nutrition. The knowledge will be helpful for not only making a plan for exercise, but also for making healthy diet menus. The thing what individuals can do is different depends on their age and positions, for example, if you are an adult who lives alone in an apartment, or parents who have a child, you can reduce consumption of fast food, and try to spend time on cooking for yourself and family member. By this, your children have less chance to meet fast food.
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Government can make a new rule about taxing on fast food and junk food. Are they possible solutions? Yes, there are some real example about how governments are trying to reduce the fast food consumption. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) may be the single most important driver of the obesity epidemic. In the article in American Journal of Public Health, “Taxing Junk Food to Counter Obesity.”, the authors stated “SSBs are thought to account for 10% to 15% of calorie intake for children and adolescents. A SSB tax could also yield measurable result: one study found that a decrease of just one quarter of the calories obtained from SSBs would lead to an estimated reduction of 8,000 calories per capita, which translates to just over 2 pounds per year for the average individual.” (Frank, Grandi, Eisenberg 1950) Also, Emma spoke about ‘Big gulp ban law’, which New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg introduced in September, 2012. The law is about outlawing the sale of sugar drinks larger than 16 oz. everywhere except supermarkets and grocery stores. Like this, there are various tries to reduce consumption of high calorie food from the government. In addition, not only taxing, but also government can provide nutritional education for people, and when we consider what French schools do for their students, that would be a nice
Government can make a new rule about taxing on fast food and junk food. Are they possible solutions? Yes, there are some real example about how governments are trying to reduce the fast food consumption. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) may be the single most important driver of the obesity epidemic. In the article in American Journal of Public Health, “Taxing Junk Food to Counter Obesity.”, the authors stated “SSBs are thought to account for 10% to 15% of calorie intake for children and adolescents. A SSB tax could also yield measurable result: one study found that a decrease of just one quarter of the calories obtained from SSBs would lead to an estimated reduction of 8,000 calories per capita, which translates to just over 2 pounds per year for the average individual.” (Frank, Grandi, Eisenberg 1950) Also, Emma spoke about ‘Big gulp ban law’, which New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg introduced in September, 2012. The law is about outlawing the sale of sugar drinks larger than 16 oz. everywhere except supermarkets and grocery stores. Like this, there are various tries to reduce consumption of high calorie food from the government. In addition, not only taxing, but also government can provide nutritional education for people, and when we consider what French schools do for their students, that would be a nice