In some countries the average weight of people is increasing and their levels of health and fitness are decreasing. What do you think are the causes of these problems and what measures could be taken to solve them?

In

few countries

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a few countries

the health and fitness of the people

is

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are

in a downward trend and their average body weight is going up at the same time. There are many causes that led to

this

epidemic, collective effort is needed from both the government and the people to deal with the challenge. One of the main reasons for the obesity is unhealthy

food

habits, multinational

food

corporations launching their fast

food

stores at an exponential pace because of which people are getting easy access to the unhealthy and fatty foods. Nowadays the fast

food

and the sugary drinks are becoming cheaper than fresh vegetables, and

this

trend encourages everyone to continue with the unhealthy diet. In the developing countries like India,

the strict

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stricter

regulations are not in place for the big corporations.

For example

, none of the companies show the calorie count of the

food

on the menu card and authorities should make a law that forces the companies to display it all the time. Another important aspect that

lead

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leads

to

the increase obesity

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the increase in obesity

levels is

lack

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the lack

of the physical activity. Schools are concentrating and investing more on academia, while ignoring the physical education. The companies are forcing the employees to work longer hours and not giving the damn about their health. The authorities should make the physical education mandatory in the

school academics

Accept comma addition

school, academics

, the companies must restrict the

work

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working

hours and encourage the workforce to be fit.

People

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Person's

awareness is the key parameter in winning the battle against the epidemic, the government should play a crucial role in educating the public about the benefits of

healthy balanced diet

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a healthy balanced diet

and

cardio vascular

of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels

cardiovascular

exercises.