Certain individuals believe that the government should provide subsidies to the fruits and vegetables trade to make healthy food items cheap, which will encourage people to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Others think that the government should increase tariffs on food items that are not healthy, which can help decrease the obesity rate of the country. In my opinion, the government should subsidize the healthy food products, so that people with low income can affort 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 in a decrease in the rate of health disorders overall in 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 sickenss overall, France.
On the other hand, if the government raises 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 cholesterol and fats, which results 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 from using them which will decrease the overall obesity rate of the country as people will prefer cheap food instead of expensive ones. In my opinion the government should subsidize healthy food so that more people from lower income bracket can afford it and live a healthy life.