Right to Access for Healthy Food

Christian Sy Biology 1 Mr. Bursch 11/21/12 Food Inc. Many people in the world are starving, dying from hunger. They will eat anything they can get their hands on. Most of the time, what they eat are unhealthy. Why not give them healthy food? I believe that access to healthy food should be a right for everyone. It is the humane thing to do, and it is cheaper than giving them junk food. Giving people the right to healthy food is the humane thing to do. How can anybody live knowing that the junk food they sold might have killed them? Most junk food, like chips, don’t help you get healthy or fill your stomach. They only taste good. Giving healthy food fills people’s stomachs and help them stay healthy, which is the humane thing to do. Having people to the right to healthy food is cheaper than junk food. A simple fruit is cheaper than a bag of Cheetos. By giving people in need fruit instead of junk food, the government and companies hundreds of dollars. Many junk foods cost a lot more than a bag of fruits. Some people say that the government shouldn’t give any food at all. They say that people should be responsible for themselves. I disagree with this idea. Some people, like war veterans and disaster victims, lost everything and can’t even look after themselves. They need help, and access to healthy food is just a start. Many people in need don’t even have healthy food to eat. They struggle to survive, and junk food doesn’t help. The government should make a law to allow everyone to the right to healthy food.