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Unhealthy food tax
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Do you think unhealthy food should be taxed? I personally think it should be and the revenue generated should be used to subsidise healthy food, so that burgers become expensive but fruit and veg become next to nothing.
Surely that would help to encourage people to eat more healthily and if some of the junk food establishments go under so be it.
Surely that would help to encourage people to eat more healthily and if some of the junk food establishments go under so be it.
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Who decides what`s unhealthy? Steak isn`t unhealthy but it might be if you have high cholesterol levels. Chips aren`t unhealthy if you eat them once a month but they are if you scoff them every day. Taxing "unhealthy" food smacks too much of Big Brother to me. Education is the way forward. I do agree that the supermarkets should be taken to task about their prices of healthy food. £1 for one measly avocado in Sainsburys, £2.25 for a tiny pack of raspberries. Eating healthily costs a fortune. No wonder some less well off people buy junk food - it`s cheaper!
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Sqad alcohol directly dictates the lives of many here and in the uk people are just to blind to see it, ask them not to have that wine at the end of a hard days work, or not to have that g&t because "It's friday" or "My internet friends are drinking so I'm joining them for a social drink" let's see whether alcohol dominates their every waking thought after just one week after not engaging in their usual weekly habits an I predict they'd become extremely bored, irritated and depressed. All signs of a habit.
I disagree that junk food is cheaper. I agree that some fruit and veg are very expensive, but I eat healthily and don't but much junk food and don't spend a fortune. It involves spending more time in the kitchen though and I honestly think that people eat junk food mainly because they are too lazy to cook. Anything for an easy life.
"I honestly think that people eat junk food mainly because they are too lazy to cook." Addiction plays a part too loftylottie and the truth is fast food is damned tasty and appeals to our inner child in many cases but this then develops into a habit caused by laziness, convenience and lack of will power.. I've never seen anyone say "No let me not order that pizza and let me grab a banana and apple instead" have you?
Unsure what the solution is but I suspect some folk are time poor, and feel buying from a "junk food" provider allows them to cope.
And again some will just not be confident in being able to provide or even envisage what would be a healthy meal so can not face trying. Do they do home economics courses in schools these days?
I suspect 'carrots' rather than 'sticks' (no pun intended) help those who'd, deep down, like to be helped. And others, well what they find helps them cope with life ought not attract punishment from those with the power to make folks lives miserable.
And again some will just not be confident in being able to provide or even envisage what would be a healthy meal so can not face trying. Do they do home economics courses in schools these days?
I suspect 'carrots' rather than 'sticks' (no pun intended) help those who'd, deep down, like to be helped. And others, well what they find helps them cope with life ought not attract punishment from those with the power to make folks lives miserable.
Old Geezer, yes they do home economics, but call it Food Science I think. (Although I think what they need are basic cookery lessons - not lessons in how to design a pizza wrapping (which is what my son had to do!).
Personally, though I think learning to cook starts at home by being in the kitchen whilst Mum or Dad cook. So many younger people these days just don't cook/can't cook and it will get worse as generations progress. People have to have fantastic kitchens these days, but so many of them haven't a clue about food and nurtrition.
Personally, though I think learning to cook starts at home by being in the kitchen whilst Mum or Dad cook. So many younger people these days just don't cook/can't cook and it will get worse as generations progress. People have to have fantastic kitchens these days, but so many of them haven't a clue about food and nurtrition.
I totally agree loftylottie, kids learn by their surroundings so if they see mum and dad carefully preparing a healthy nutritious meal they too will get into this habit, but what they see is mum and dad out working all day come an order a pizza, microwave a meal or throw some junk together and call it "Dinner" and sadly the kids learn that this is the correct way to eat.
