Question

• Should high-fat and high-calorie food be taxed to try to offset the medical expenses for obesity-related illnesses? Why or why not?

• Is it fair for individuals who eat healthy and have a healthy lifestyle to pay for the medical care of those who choose not to eat or live healthy? Why or why not?

• Do you think such a tax would cause people to eat less high-fat and high-calorie foods? Why or why not?

• What other lifestyle choices that are detrimental to health would need to be considered?

• If health insurance was more like car insurance (i.e., the more you use it the more you need to pay), do you think that type of system would increase healthy behaviors? Why or why not?

Answer 1

obesity and obesity related illnesses are increasing day by day. to counter the increasing obesity, taxing the junk foods is very good idea.not small excise taxes to the junk foods..it needs a high excise taxes for the junk food. the tax on the unhealthy food will reduce its consumption which can reduce unhealthiness and obesity related disorders. thus the mediacl expenses will be decreasing like cardiovascular diseases, stroke, diabetes mellitus, hypertension etc...so basically tax on junk foods will encourage healthy lifestyle.

yes., it is fair to pay mediacl care for all. healthy foods are the basic of the healthy lifestyle,,along with it healthy mind, metabolism and excercise are very imporatant. so it is necessary to take care of the metabolism, excercise etc...so it wiil be necessary to keep a medical insurance other diseases related to metabolism, excercises etc...

yes. i think the taxes on the unhealthy foods like junk foods will help individual to focus on the helathy foods and it will helps to reduce its impact on the health. intially may be people feel discomfort with such matters. but later when the people get know its importance and able to feel the betterment of them makes to implement such idea on junk food taxes.

detrimental factors are:-

• no enough physiacl mobility
• sedentary lifestyle
• unhealthy diet
• smoking
• alcholosm
• sleep deprivation
• unprotected sex,drive

the system of following taxes on junk foods will help the country to achieve a healthy lifestyle,reduced case fatality rate,mortality and morbidity rate and gradually the people foolows the method