Mark Bittman Bad Food

In the essay "Bad Food? Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables" Mark Bittman expresses his opinion on how putting a tax on "bad food" would improve people's health. People do not realize how much they hurt themselves overall by not limiting their food intake. Bittman tries to get his point across on how badly "bad food" can affect society's health and how easily it can be fixed if money was not power. In "Bad Food? Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables," Mark Bittman uses evidence and deduction to get his point across about "bad food." One of the argumentative strategies used in this essay is evidence. The author explains how the "percentage of obese has more than doubled over the last 30 years; the percentage of obese children has tripled"(20). This will help reader’s understand that there is real consequence of drinking a soda instead of water for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. He also states " you don’t need sugary beverages, which have been linked not only to type 2 diabetes an increased obesity but also …show more content…
Deductions helps readers understand that the fact remains the same throughout everything. He writes how "prices of junk food don’t reflect the costs of repairing our health"(17) which means that people end up paying more to get better than they did spending on junk food. He also states that taxing "bad food" will result in "lowered health care costs and better health"(25). The way Bittman writes about taxing junk food implies that if you do eat less of it, your health will improve. The outcome of eating poorly of course results in people visiting the doctor but by putting a tax on junk food people will think twice before buying that food. If people think before buying, they will soon come to conclusion that it is not worth it. He uses this deduction to help the reader understand the outcome of junk food and the toll it takes on a person’s