Experts of the World Health Organization sound the alarm: the number of people who are overweight has doubled compared to the last century.

The main causes of obesity are known even to children: excessive infatuation with harmful food and sedentary lifestyle. Fast food - the problem is separate and very insidious.

It is generally accepted that fast food is only hamburgers, French fries, chicken legs in breading with a greasy sauce. Fast food products like pelmeni, half-finished meatballs, even frozen "paste with vegetables" nutritionists are considered the most real fast food.

On some ready-made dishes producers proudly write "saves 3 hours for life". Dieticians say the opposite: semi-finished products thoroughly undermine our health. The fact is that ready meals with a lot of additives, dyes and taste enhancers do not add energy, but simply fill the stomach quickly. And then, just as quickly settle on the waist and hips.

The chief medic of the planet, the head of WHO, Margaret Chan, condemned the companies that produce fast food, enriched at the expense of the health of others. And also urged the leadership of the countries to use all available means to stop the epidemic of obesity and reduce the growth of chronic diseases. After all, according to the WHO experts' estimates, in 4 years on the planet there will be 2.3 billion. patients suffering from excessive body weight.

Many countries are struggling with the popularity of cheap, harmful food through taxes. Recently, the Danish leadership introduced a "tax on fat". Companies producing all products, the fat content of which exceeds certain indicators, will be forced to pay a rather large tax. It is clear that the tax will affect the value of products and people will prefer more budgetary and,.

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In Romania and Canada, cafes offering harmful food to visitors were also taxed.

The Government of Hungary has officially established a tax on chips. Many consider chips - the usual fried potatoes, just sliced ??thin slices. The vast majority of chips manufacturers use flour - wheat or corn flour, as well as a mixture of starches.

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