Certain individuals believe that the government should provide subsidies to fruits and vegetables trade to make healthy food items cheap, which will encourage the people to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Others think that the government should increase tariff on food items that are not healthy, which can help decrease the obesity rate of the country. In my opinion, the government should subsidies the healthy food products, so that the people with low income can afford it and live a healthy life.
If the government makes healthy food more affordable, it will encourage its residents to eat healthy. This will result a decrease in the rate of health disorders overall the country. For instance, a few years ago when the French government decreased the prices of fruits and vegetables in its country, more and more people bought them which then resulted in a decreased rate of sickness overall France.
On the other hand, if the government raise the tariff on unhealthy foods like junk and fast food. It will help in decreasing the obesity rate of the country. As people will shift their spending from these high priced foods to affordable food items. That will result in people not consuming food that is high in cholestrol and fats that result in being obese. In a recent study it is shown that reducing the consumption of junk and fast foods results in low chances of obesity.
In conclusion, by making healthy food more affordable people can be encouraged to adapt a healthy lifestyle. However, by making food products that are not healthy expensive individuals can be discouraged to use them which will decrease the overall obesity rate of the country as people will prefer cheap food instead of expensive one. In my opinion the government should subsidise healthy food so that more people from lower income bracket can afford it and live a healthy life.