作者：雅思写作  喻波宁

many people eating unhealthy food even though they know it is bad for themselves. why? what effective ways can improve prople’s health eating habits? (20211218真题)

People nowadays seem crazier about unhealthy foods with extremely higher calorific power like Coke, fried chicken wings or miscellaneous caramel-dressed drinks. Besides the far wider choices of foods thanks to  booming development of the modern food industry, I believe there are two main reasons leading to this phenomenon, one of which is that those instant food products are an easier way to let off the steam; the fairer prices with more convenient access seem to be another factor.

The intense social rivalry seems to be the main stream of the urbanized life pace in cities. Employees have to work as hard as others and often work overtime as a daily routine to keep a decent job, or even, as a matter of fact, to just earn a living in a modern megacity life circle. Junk food acts as a favorable choice when change of moods and relief of stress are in great need for those mid-night overworking “animals”. 

Another quite obvious contributing factor of this is that the instant foods products are quite easily accessable almost around every corners of the city, making the meals highly efficient and convenient. Anywhere we are hanging around, there will be convenient foods waiting to be puchased, being displayed in “7-11 Stores”, or showing their colorful wrappage in the automatic vending machines. A dash-off meal remains as the helpless option, mainly during rush hours , for those countless daily commuters. 

To alter the unhealthy eating habits, the government as well as the food industry are supposed to take on their social responsibilities and make concerted effort. The government’s interference is truly essential if it provides leadership across legislation departments and the media as well to run campaigns to promote health eating. On top of that, banning the advertising for unhealthy foods is another promising approach, on the condition that the food companies are fully aware of the severe consequences of overmuch intake of junk food and willing to make a strategic change of their new products for the sake of the consumers’ health.