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

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In the
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two decades,young
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from some countries tend to have weight over the normal limit.
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phenomenon has many causes and negative effects on
people
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and society. Nowadays, with the appearance of the technology which allowed us to stay at home and to communicate or work,
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tend to become more sedentary and replace physical activity with online chatting.
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is a normal evolution
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behaviour has many other causes
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as the limiting of free time,
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work too much and do not have free time for other activity like walking in park or jogging. Another good reason could be the consumption of junk food,
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type of food is very preferred by youngsters.In some cases,a very stressful life leads to
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because many
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tend to eat much when they are stressed by something.
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, many side effects appear.A person who is obese could become introverted, the confidence could disappear.Children tend to isolate themselves and consider them different from others.Because our society promotes a type of shape regarding our body, obese children suffer from depression or isolation.
Obesity
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not only affects our behaviour but can affect our health.Many diseases are caused by
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as heart attack, high blood pressure, strokes.
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the way how we look is our responsibility, the government should be more implicated by promoting a healthy way of life with advertising and special programmes for children and parents. To conclude, I believe that
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trend of becoming overweigh is very popular and actual.Everyone should be implicated in
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fight against
obesity
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because
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affects not only our life but our society too.
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