An increasing number of children are overweight which could result many problems when they grow older both in terms of their health and health care costs. Why do you think so many children are overweight? What could be done to solve this problem?

There has been a vast rise in the number of kids having
high body mass index
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a higher body mass index
higher body mass index
,
which if
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which, if
not checked on time, will result in chronic diseases and
consequently
, high medical expenses. Easy access of fast-food and less
excerise
the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
exercise
are the main causes for
this
and it can be solved by some crucial steps taken by parents and governments. As compared to the past, children are consuming more
readymade
Suggestion
ready made
food and lack basic nutrients.
For instance
, they have been eating Maggies, noodles, pizza which contains only the high calories and minimal proteins or vitamins.
This
is because modern isolated families have no one to stay at home and cook healthy as well as tasty food for their babies; both the mom and dad are doing a job or business.
Moreover
,
advent
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the advent
of technology has gifted the new generation with electronic gadgets like,
vedio
the visible part of a television transmission
video
games, mobiles, LCD. So, they tend to be addicted of these equipments and avoid playing in outside.
Ultimately all
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Ultimately, all
these leads to increase fat in
body
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the body
and gather low density cholesterol and lack vital nutrients.
Consequently
, at later ages, they can face diseases like obesity,
diabitis
a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst
diabetes
mellitus, high blood pressure and sometimes cardiac disease. Of course, those medical conditions require costly medicines and expensive treatments. Prevention is always better than cure. So if parents control their kid's obesity at
very early state
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a very early state
, they can secure their children's health. For that, they
have spare
Suggestion
have spared
some time from
thier
of them or themselves
their
busy schedule to make healthy breakfast, lunch or dinner at home only which is free from
artifacts
a man-made object taken as a whole
artefacts
flavours and essence.
Also governments
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Also, governments
can help here by making
ban
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a ban
on fast-food store near schools.
Also governments
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Also, governments
should encourage various outdoor games and arrange competitions on
state
Suggestion
the state
and national level and promote it by utilising fame of
sportspersons
, so children are attracted towards games and will start to do
excerise
the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
exercise
exercises
to remain fit for competitions. To conclude,
although
recent modern culture leads to increase
number
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the number
of obese children, and has a risk to
thier
of them or themselves
their
health and expenditure on older age, that can be minimised by taking careful measures by parents and governments after checking the reasons stated in the paragraphs.

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