Parents of obese children should be punished for making them fat. Do you agree or disagree?

It is argued that parents are the main culprit

for

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in

the obesity of their children and should be held accountable.

This

essay disagrees with the given statement because parents are not around their children all the time and the sedentary lifestyle of the children is a personal choice. Parents cannot be around their children during

school

to prevent them from eating unhealthy

food

. It is very common for children to bring

food money

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food, money

instead

of bringing lunch from home. In

school children

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school, children

prefer snacks and junk

food

instead

of homemade lunch because junk

food

is more palatable. A study conducted in 2017 in

UK

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the UK

showed that 65% of

food

intake of

school

going children mainly contained snacks and instant

food

.

Moreover

, with the introduction of digital games children prefer to stay

indoor

within a building

indoors

and play video-games rather than going outside to participate in activities that require physical effort making the children lazier and more inactive. The reduced amount of exercise decreases their stamina and overall health condition making them FAT. Children do not have any energy they are lethargic and prefer to lay in bed most of the time.

For example

a recent study showed that the rates of students actively taking part in extracurricular activities have dropped significantly. In conclusion, the

school

plays a greater role in

prevention

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the prevention

of child obesity than parents because children spend more time at

school

than their parents and schools can implement certain laws that allow only healthy

food

to be served at

cafeteria

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the cafeteria

and give incentives to students so that they participate more in physical activities.