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Nowadays more and more children acquire unhealthy eating habits. Why is it happening? What can be done to solve this issue?

#children #habits
In
this
 fast-moving world, no one has time to perform their
day to day
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 activities like washing or cooking. We are dependent on fast
foods
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food
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 and machines that make our lives easier. Unfortunately,
this
 dependence has several negative consequences. Fast
foods
,
for example
, affect our health.
Children
 are particularly vulnerable to
this
 threat. In
this
 essay, I will analyse the various factors that contribute to unhealthy eating habits among
children
. We now live in a career-centric world. Everyone wants to be a super achiever. In many
families
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 both
parents
 work.
While
 there are some advantages to
this
 arrangement, it has several disadvantages as well. When dad and mom work, neither will have time to cook proper meals for their
children
. Since fast
foods
 eliminate the need to cook, they simply grab packets of them from the supermarket shelves. They don’t understand the health consequences of their action. Fast-
food
food
 giants are spending millions of dollars on advertising and marketing. Many of these
ads
 specifically target
children
. Their
ads
 present their
foods
 as healthy and delicious. Neither the
parents
 nor the
children
 see the real picture. There are solutions to
this
 problem. The first one, of course, is to cook delicious and healthy
food
 at home. If
this
 is not possible because of time constraints,
parents
 should consider hiring domestic help to take care of the cooking. The government should
also
 formulate laws that prevent
fast
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food
 giants from airing their
ads
 on channels meant for
children
. If kids do not see the
ads
of
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 these products, they are unlikely to want them.
To conclude
, it is necessary to protect our kids from health problems.
This
 will not be possible if
parents
, the government and
food
 companies do not make a concerted effort.
Submitted by Neel Patel on

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