Throughout the developing world more and more adults are less active and as a result less healthy.

Over the
last
several decades people have generally become more inactive, even in poorer countries. Partly
as a result
, obesity and other health problems are rising.
This
essay will explain why
this
is happening and outline several ways to improve the situation. There are several reasons for
this
rise.
First
, there is the modern demand for cars. As people grow richer the
first
major purchase is typically a car.
However
,
traveling
the act of going from one place to another
travelling
in
this
way dramatically decreases the amount of time spent walking and cycling.
Second
, is the growth in television, the Internet, and now online gaming. All of these activities force people to remain still while they enjoy them. They are
also
fairly addictive, which means that once the youth are exposed to them, they are likely to continue doing them when they are adults. The final cause is urbanization. As an increasingly large proportion of the population lives in cities, it is more difficult for the average person to get sufficient exercise.
However
, what can be done about
this
? One way is for societies to demand better urban planning from their governments to encourage
urbanites
polished courtesy; elegance of manner
urbanities
to use cars less and their bodies more. Increasing the number of parks and making it easy to walk to and from work are all good examples of
this
. A similar strategy could discourage reliance on cars.
In other words
, people would walk a short distance, take public transport, and
then
walk the remaining distance. If all of these ideas were implemented, the general population would be more active. Unfortunately, these ideas do not directly deal with the problem of the youth culture obsessed with the Internet. In conclusion,
although
people have become more sedentary, there are clearly a number of ways to boost the level of activity throughout developing nations.
However
, it will take a lot of political will and local pressure for them to succeed.
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