More than the price of food, is the price one has to pay for indulging in eating rich food laden with sugar and fat. Yes obesity. Oops, in Britain, one cannot anymore, use the word 'obese' and this is to substituted by using the term 'very overweight' or else its considered highly 'offensive'. Well, I think a child or person who is termed as 'fat', although may smile or laugh at being called so, would feel hurt to be labelled so. Then imagine if they were to be termed as 'obese' or 'overweight'. If our government were to levy heavy tax on foods that are too sweet, too salty, and too rich, like the French government has decided to impose (they are going to impose a 19.6% tax), people would be forced to shy away from buying something too expensive or the frequency of eating junk would considerably reduce. It seems like a good way of actually helping people exercise restraint from laying their hands on junk food.
It takes 21 days to form a new habit. If one were to deliberately stay away from fattening and sweet foods for 3 weeks, the craving for such food would actually stop. And you get a bonus along with this new habit, a disciplined mindset towards foods. One would instead of being tempted to grab for junk food, would learn to say 'no thanks' to junk and 'yes' to healthy food. A bonus number 2 would be better health.
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