In present era, Health problems are increasing day by day due to more consumption of fast food and imposing higher taxes on junk food can solve this problem. I reckon this can solve the problem to some extend but may not completely eliminate this issue because rich people will still have access to it but the consumption will be reduced.
To begin with, there are several reasons that to bolster my decision like higher taxes will reduce the availability of food from poor people and it will not effect higher class people at all. As many people live alone in cities for their study and jobs, Fast food is sometime the easiest and the only way to eat because of their busy life styles. For instance, the recent research on young people states that most of time they eat ordered food because of busy lifestyle.
On the other hand, this will also have positive effect on population. As fast food is not occasionally anymore but a daily evening meal in current time. Higher taxes will make the food more expense and buyer will think more before buying. They will prefer more cooking at home rather than getting food from outside whenever they feel hungry.T his will result in better health as oil consumption will be reduced by great amount. For example, street food is made with bad oil which is used several time, high price will directly eliminate the consumption and results in better health or less disease.
To conclude, after examining the whole concept and according to my understanding I think more taxes will have indirect effect on consumption but still does not hold the power to solve the problem completely. The better solution could be arranging health campaign to spread awareness about this issue.