Obesity In Brazil Essay

The impoverished people in Brazil are battling growing rates in obesity; however, even the obese population in Brazil are fighting undernutrition. On the other side of the world, Asia’s obesity rates are dramatically increasing because of social media and nutrition transition. The poverty-stricken citizens of Brazil have gone from underweight to obese due to the lack of healthy options. Asian countries have gone from consuming unprocessed foods to processed foods. The main cause of consumption is nutrition transition and social media. The uprise of globalization has young generations on social media at a young age. Advertisements and food-centric social media posts entice citizens to consume more processed foods. Biswas and Hartley, authors of the article “Sugar Soda Tax Not Enough to Halt the March of Obesity in Asia” stated that a tax will not be enough and a durable solution includes “provide access to healthy alternatives” and “enhance education.” (Biswas & Hartley, 2017). Populations with money will endure the tax on their sugary drinks and processed foods because they’re wealthy enough to ignore the

The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that “The Asia-Pacific region is generally considered the epicentre of the diabetes crisis” (Chan, 2016). Encouragement of unhealthy eating and overconsumption has left many wealthy countries with rising obesity rates. To slow the growing rates of obesity, taxation on sugary drinks and processed foods are in main focus in the article “Sugar Soda Tax Not Enough to Halt the March of Obesity in Asia” (Biswas & Hartley, 2017). Taxes on processed foods and sugary drinks is not going to be as successful to the wealthier population. Biswas and Hartley mentioned that Denmark had a “fat tax that covered all products with saturated fats” (Biswas & Hartley, 2017). The tax was proven unsuccessful and has already been