Plenty of people lack a healthy eating system as nutrition professionals happened to agree that it’s serious enough to start find solutions. As there are numerous causes leading to this issue. And it’s essential to understand them to produce practical solutions.
One main reason that unhealthy diet is widespread is that the affordability of junk foods, these foods are very cheap compared to their healthier alternative, that people would see it as a no-brainer situation, why the bother when you have your food prepared in 5 minutes and barely costing anything. Another factor, is the marketing schemes from fast-food restaurants, huge percentage of their annual budget is to advertise their franchise globally, using unique music, colors, or actors to force the audience to make relations to the restaurants.
To overcome this problem, a solution regarding the cost of healthy products needs to be addressed. As previously mentioned, the low cost of processed foods is the main reason making them popular. So as a result, we need to make the healthier food cheaper to compete. One way is to lower the taxes on healthy restaurants, thus lowering the cost of the meals provided. Another way is to provide the farmers zero interest loans, so that they can produce on larger scale. Also, the restaurants’ owners need to work on their image domestically and globally, mainly by advertisements. But also can make community activities in the neighborhoods, to target young people to follow healthier lifestyle.
In conclusion, it’s not a secret that majority of population are in unhealthy diets, the main reason for it is that processed food is way cheaper, so they overlook its alternatives. A solution for that is to lower taxes on healthy food restaurants which will lead to competitive prices.