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(Sacks, Swinburn, and Lawrence 2). The increased food prices will mean that the customers will
have to spend more on the fast food meals. Since the prices will be higher than the usual, most of
the customers will now reduce their consumption of these meals. The individuals might help
themselves by looking for cheaper meals which will be healthier and might reduce the chances of
being obese once more.
However, unknown to those who might have made the rule, the businesses might run into
losses. This is because the high prices that they will have placed on their products will tend to
scare away their customers, both existing and potential alike. Thus, the businesses will have
operational costs that they cannot recover through the number of products that they will be sold
per day. In addition to this, their suppliers might pay debts to be collected from this businesses
because they might have already supplied their goods but have not been paid due to the little
returns the fast food businesses are recording.
Instead of imposing such a law on the restaurant, the best way of controlling such a
problem is by having the restaurants limit the number of products that they use on the meals they
prepare. The move will thus reduce the risk of their customers being obese and also maintain the
same customer flow that they have been recording on a daily basis. Imposing the taxes might be
a splendid move, but it is important for the involved parties that are in charge of making these
reforms to have a long-term look at the various effects that might be accompanied from the
move. Having this in consideration, the right way of resolving the obesity issue within the
community shall be solved with ease and not any of the involved parties having to pay the price
in any form whatsoever.
