The continued increase in obesity is the greatest problem faced by developed countries at the present time. What are the causes of this continued increase? Do you agree that it is the greatest problem faced by developed countries today?

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fifty years have seen a rapid and dramatic

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in obese people in the richest countries and

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is expected to continue in the

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decades.

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is undoubtedly a remarkable issue and the question inevitably arises about the causes of

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a trend and the burden that it entails. One of the causes of

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, it can be argued, is the broad availability of certain types of food that citizens in developed countries have experienced in the

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decades. As a recent research of an international institute of health

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, the quantity of sugar and fat-rich products sold in supermarkets and groceries have considerably increased in Europe and North America between 1980 and 2010, whereas the consumption of fruits and vegetables consistently fell.

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quality may have had deep repercussions in favouring

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trend. Many experts claim that the changes in lifestyle could be another reason that explains

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ongoing

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. A survey of a European institute of statistics

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that the number of hours spent on computers and TVs

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has tremendously increased

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30 years. Some aspect of modern way of living, including working and domestic habits,

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a wide part of the population more prone to sedentary activities, particularly associated with obesity. To sum up, a combination of these two factors may represent an explanation

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dangerous

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. Obesity is well known to be a major cause of death and chronic diseases, when taken together these aspect

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leads

to larger health expenditure and more frequent necessity of medical assistance.

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,

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disorder will become more and more crucial in the

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future representing one of the most important

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