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.

The number of humans who are susceptible to serious health issues

as a result

of being obese is rising. Why is

this

ugly trend on

this

rise and how can it be curtailed?

This

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.

For example

, a research conducted by the

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

food

. A workable solution to

this

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

such

people will either reduce consumption or stop totally. In the United Arab Emirates

for instance

, the government increased value added tax on ready made

food

by over 200%,

this

lead to a decline in overweight individuals because many people could not afford it. If the fat content of processed and unprocessed

food

is

also

regulated by

government

Suggestion

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

Suggestion

the need

a need

to control the rise in obesity in the country by regulating

food

make up and introducing premium taxes on it.