Both of the articles, “Bad food? and subsidize vegetables",by Mark Bittman and "No lunch left behind", by Alice Waters and Katrina Heron emphasize advocating for healthier food options in order to decrease the chances of health conditions and endorse a better dietary life in schools, at home, and in all of american society. Ultimately, they highlight the need for the government to step in a do more to improve our health. Bittman proposes the idea of a junk food tax, similar to that of the sin tax placed on cigarettes and alcohol, stating that "taxes would reduce consumption of unhealthful foods and generate billions of dollars annually”, and thus promoting better healthy eating. Similarly, Waters believes that there should be more government involvement in school lunch options to improve the nutritional value of student’s lunches in schools in order to asses the increase of health issues like type 2 diabetes in adolescents.
My topic: the implementation of new 2018 nutrition label
https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm385663.htm
Both of the articles, “Bad food? and subsidize vegetables",by Mark Bittman and "No lunch left behind", by Alice Waters and Katrina Heron emphasize advocating for healthier food options in order to decrease the chances of health conditions and endorse a better dietary life in schools, at home, and in all of american society. Ultimately, they highlight the need for the government to step in a do more to improve our health. Bittman proposes the idea of a junk food tax, similar to that of the sin tax placed on cigarettes and alcohol, stating that "taxes would reduce consumption of unhealthful foods and generate billions of dollars annually”, and thus promoting better healthy eating. Similarly, Waters believes that there should be more government involvement in school lunch options to improve the nutritional value of student’s lunches in schools in order to asses the increase of health issues like type 2 diabetes in adolescents.
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Disregard; this is just the post in proper format. Carry on.
DeleteYou're right; it would indeed create revenue in the billions of dollars AND it would stop (some) people from buying unhealthy foods. But at what cost? The food retail industry is worth easily over $5 trillion. A sin tax would reduce that number by a percentage; and even 1% of that would be $50 billion. This is a negative externality of a noble cause-- and it's not cheap.
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