FOOD TRANSPORTATION

Todays food travels thousands of miles before it reaches customers. Is this a

positive or negative trend?

In the modern world, we frequently no longer rely on food that has been grown locally,
but we have become accustomed to buying produce from all over the world. While this
trend has some clear benefits to consumers, I would argue that overall transporting
food over long distances is a negative.
The strongest argument against importing food is environmental. Studies have shown
that transport and the use of fossil fuels is one of the leading causes of global warming
and climate change. This means that if we want to lead a greener lifestyle, we should
be trying to minimise transport and this includes the unnecessary transport of
foodstuffs.
Another point that needs to be considered is the impact of transporting food on local
farmers and traditional ways of life. Again, there is good research to show that farmers
and smallholders are unable to compete in price with the supermarkets that import
cheap, and often low-quality, produce from abroad. This is not just a problem for local
farmers who are likely to go out of business, it also has an impact on weakening
traditional communities that rely on those farms for employment and trade.
A further consideration is that food that has travelled across the world is considerably
less healthy than locally grown, fresh produce. The simple point is that the further food
travels before it reaches the consumer, the less fresh it will be and any nutritionist will
confirm that fresh food is fuller of vitamins. Therefore, it would be preferable if
supermarkets and other stores did not transport food from other countries.

In conclusion, I believe that the trend for transporting food over long distances is
undesirable because it is environmentally unfriendly, threatens local communities and
results in less healthy options for the consumer.

JUNK FOOD
Recent research shows that the consumption of junk food is a major factor in
poor diet and this is detrimental to health. Some people believe that better health
education is the answer to this problem but others disagree. What is your
opinion?

A serious concern nowadays is how our eating habits can affect our health. In
particular, it has been demonstrated that eating too much junk food can lead to health
issues later in life. One sensible suggestion for dealing with this is to improve the level
of health education so that we eat better and live longer. My belief though is that this
would not completely solve the problem.
One reason why focussing on health education is an appropriate measure is that it
addresses one underlying cause of the problem. It is clear that there is a connection
between what people know about nutrition and their eating habits. For example,
children who have learned in school about the need to have a varied diet with plenty of
vitamins tend to eat more healthily. In contrast, people who have not had this education
still eat too much junk food and as a result suffer from diabetes and other diseases.
Better health education, however, is not a complete answer as it ignores the wider
social factors that cause people to eat unhealthily. For instance, many people eat fast
food because they have a lifestyle that means they do not have time to sit down to a
proper meal. Again, other people might eat burgers and pizzas because they are seen
to be cool and they want to impress their peers.

There would not appear to be any simple way to deal with these social factors. A
difficulty is that it is very hard for governments to make a difference to the individual
choices people make. It might help, however, to ban advertisements for unhealthy
foods on television and to require companies to provide proper meal facilities for their
employees.
My conclusion is that the government certainly ought to introduce measures to improve
the level of health education. However, this probably would not be a perfect solution as
it would also be necessary to deal with the other social factors that cause unhealthy
eating.

VN TI THC PHM
Hm nay ca thc phm i hng ngn dm trc khi n t n khch hng. y c phi l
mt xu hng tch cc hay tiu cc?
Trong th gii hin i, chng ti thng xuyn khng cn da vo thc phm c
trng ti a phng, nhng chng ti tr nn quen vi vic mua cc sn phm t khp
ni trn th gii. Trong khi xu hng ny c mt s li ch r rng cho ngi tiu dng, ti
s lp lun rng ton thc phm vn chuyn trn mt khong cch di l mt tiu cc.
i s mnh nht chng li nhp khu lng thc l mi trng. Cc nghin cu ch ra
rng vn chuyn v s dng nhin liu ha thch l mt trong nhng nguyn nhn hng u
ca s nng ln ton cu v bin i kh hu. iu ny c ngha rng nu chng ta mun c
mt li sng xanh hn, chng ta cn phi c gng gim thiu vic i li v bao gm vic
vn chuyn khng cn thit ca thc phm.
Mt im khc cn c xem xt l tc ng ca vn chuyn thc phm i vi nng dn
a phng v li sng truyn thng. Mt ln na, c nghin cu tt cho thy rng nng
dn v nng h nh khng th cnh tranh v gi c vi cc siu th c nhp khu gi r, v
thng c cht lng thp, sn xut t nc ngoi. y khng ch l mt vn i vi
ngi nng dn a phng, nhng ngi s i ra khi kinh doanh, n cng c tc ng lm
suy yu cng ng truyn thng da trn nhng tri lao ng v thng mi.

Mt xem xt thm l thc phm i khp th gii l t hn ng k cho sc khe hn so

vi trng ti a phng, sn phm ti. Cc im n gin l thc phm tip tc i trc
khi n t n ngi tiu dng, nhng ngi km ti n s c v bt k chuyn gia dinh
dng s xc nhn rng thc phm ti sng l y hn v vitamin. V vy, n s l tt
hn nu cc siu th v cc ca hng khc khng vn chuyn thc phm t cc nc khc.
Trong kt lun, ti tin rng xu hng vn chuyn thc phm trn mt khong cch di l
khng mong mun v n l khng thn thin vi mi trng, e da cc cng ng a
phng v kt qu trong t la chn lnh mnh cho ngi tiu dng.

N VT
Nghin cu gn y cho thy rng vic tiu th n vt l mt yu t quan trng trong ch
n ung km v iu ny l bt li cho sc khe. Mt s ngi tin rng gio dc sc
khe tt hn l cu tr li cho vn ny, nhng nhng ngi khc khng ng . kin
ca bn l g?
Mt mi quan tm nghim trng hin nay l lm th no thi quen n ung ca chng ta c
th nh hng n sc khe ca chng ta. c bit, n c chng minh rng n qu
nhiu n vt c th dn n cc vn sc khe sau ny trong cuc sng. Mt gi hp
l i ph vi iu ny l nng cao trnh ca gio dc sc khe chng ti n tt
hn v sng lu hn. Nim tin ca ti mc d l iu ny s khng hon ton gii quyt vn
.
Mt l do ti sao tp trung vo gio dc sc khe l mt bin php thch hp l n cp
n mt nguyn nhn c bn ca vn . R rng l c mt mi lin h gia nhng g mi
ngi bit v dinh dng v thi quen n ung ca h. V d, tr em c hc trng
v s cn thit phi c mt ch n ung a dng vi nhiu loi vitamin c xu hng n
ung lnh mnh hn. Ngc li, nhng ngi khng c gio dc ny vn n qu nhiu
n vt v kt qu l b bnh tiu ng v cc bnh khc.
Gio dc sc khe tt hn, tuy nhin, khng phi l mt cu tr li hon chnh nh n b
qua cc yu t x hi rng ln hn khin ngi ta n khng lnh mnh. V d, nhiu ngi

n thc n nhanh v h c mt li sng c ngha l h khng c thi gian ngi xung

mt ba n ng n. Mt ln na, nhng ngi khc c th n bnh m kp tht v pizza v
h c coi l mt m v h mun gy n tng vi ng nghip ca h.
S khng xut hin c bt k cch n gin i ph vi cc yu t x hi. Mt kh
khn l n l rt kh khn cho chnh ph to s khc bit vi nhng s la chn c nhn
ngi thc hin. N c th gip , tuy nhin, cm qung co i vi thc phm khng
lnh mnh trn truyn hnh v yu cu cc cng ty cung cp thit b ba n thch hp cho
nhn vin ca h.
Kt lun ca ti l chnh ph chc chn phi gii thiu cc bin php nng cao trnh
ca gio dc sc khe. Tuy nhin, iu ny c l s khng phi l mt gii php hon ho
nh n cng s l cn thit i ph vi cc yu t x hi khc gy n ung khng lnh
mnh.