More and more people today are drinking sugar-based drinks. What are the reasons for this? What are the solutions?
In current
society
, the life expectancy in western countries has increased significantly. Also
, fewer babies are being born, causing the relative percentage of elderly people to increase. These people have to be taken care
of, causing the question to arise whether this
number of elderly people can be cared for.
When people grow older, they can also
develop more health
issues, resulting in more visits to doctors and hospitals, and an increased usage of pharmaceuticals. Due to the current large numbers of elderly people, the pressure put onto health
care
systems is increasing. In many western countries, the state provides most of the health
care
system. Therefore
, with increasing numbers of old people, higher percentages of state funding have to be allocated to health
care
and this
could cause shortfalls in other areas, for example
education. This
change in the distribution of money can therefore
impact society
negatively.
Society
should be able to handle these changes. Governments will have been able to predict the changing demographic situations in their countries and plan accordingly
. This
might indeed lead to other sectors in society
having money taken away from them, but caring for the elderly is one of the key responsibilities of today’s governments. For the future, it might be necessary to ensure that an extra insurance charge is levied on people’s salaries in order that any future financial shortfall is met. This
would be unpopular, but would allow governments to have the necessary funds available.
In conclusion, society
today and in the future should be well able to deal with caring for their elderly. It is only a question of care
full long-term forecasting and planning.Submitted by brahma0488 on
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
Linking words are very important in your essay.
To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.
Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.
In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.
Linking word examples:
- firstly
- secondly
- thirdly
- in additional
- moreover
- also
- for example
- for instance
- therefore
- however
- although
- even though
- despite