The percentage of overweight children in western society has increased by almost 20% in the last ten years. Discuss the causes and effects of this disturbing trend.

In western society, the proportion of children that are overweight has increased to nearly 20% in the

last

decade.

This

essay will discuss both the causes and effects of

this

disturbing trend. It is considered by many that children in western society are now adding much

weight

and

this

is a result of binge eating and lack of exercise for children.

For instance

, most children in western culture engage more in snacking and eating all kinds of

food especially

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food, especially

when they go out with their parents.

This

inappropriate eating causes the accumulation of fats.

However

, after several consumptions of these diets, they do not engage in exercise so as to burn off the accumulated fats.

This

leads to an excessive addition of

weight

. Children being overweight can have a negative impact on their lives. One of the negative effects is they being isolated from their peer groups.

For example

, a

child

who has added so much

weight

might look like an adult and when

this

child

comes to play with his or her mates, they tend to push the

child

away thinking that the

child

is an adult,

this

makes the person feel isolated.

However

, children having excessive

weight

can lead to

then

seen

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see

as being stronger than their peers.

Such

as development in physical appearances like muscles and excess fat deposits. These make their mates respect and fear them. To conclude, there are so many causes and effects leading to children being overweight. I believe that if children are looked after properly,

this

issue

on

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of

with

the excessive increase in

weight

can be regulated.