The number of people who are at risk of serious health problems due to being over weight is increasing. What is the reason for the growth in overweight people in society. How can this problem be solved.

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The number of humans who are susceptible to serious health issues
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of being obese is rising. Why is
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ugly trend on
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rise and how can it be curtailed?
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essay will discuss both questions in detail. The major cause of obesity today is the availability of cheap fast foods. Unlike in the past, convenience meals were reserved for the elites. These days they can be seen at every major road offering discounted meal combos which have been found to contain high cholesterol and oil. The resultant effect is that consumption levels of these products have
increased leaving
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increased, leaving
people with excess calories the body converts into fat.
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Food Health
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Food, Health
Council of Nigeria in 2018 revealed that those at a risk of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases exclusively ate fast
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. A workable solution to
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menace is to increase taxes on quick meals. The law of demand states that an increase in price lowers demand for a product and as
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people will either reduce consumption or stop totally. In the United Arab Emirates
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, the government increased value added tax on ready made
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by over 200%,
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lead to a decline in overweight individuals because many people could not afford it. If the fat content of processed and unprocessed
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is
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regulated by
government
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the government
, there would be fewer cases of obesity. To sum up, an unhealthy society is a time bomb that would affect the labour force and government spendings on health. There is
need
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the need
a need
to control the rise in obesity in the country by regulating
food
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make up and introducing premium taxes on it.
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