People nowadays are not as fit and active as they were in the past. What are the reasons for this? What measures can be taken for this?

In the

last

decades,

people

have gradually become more sedentary, at the same time, obesity affects an important percentage of the population. In the following short essay, the reasons for

this

and some possible solutions will be addressed.

To begin

, sedentarism and overweight issues are narrowly connected. In the

last

half of the 20th

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the global economy switched from hard labour to services and information

techologies

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technologies

. Having said that, nowadays, more and more

people

work behind a desk without having to do any kind of physical activity.

Moreover

, the fast-

food

industry has increased dramatically and has changed the eating patterns

especially

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in the western world.

For example

, one century ago, an average worker stayed for more than eight hours a day

in

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a farm and used to eat fresh

food

,

in contrast

, currently, the same person gests sitted eight hours in an office and

has

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breakfast and

luch

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lunch

in a restaurant full of ultra-processed

food

. Since obesity has turned into a public health problem, one feasible solution might come from local

goverments

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governments

government

, they should increase

campaings

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campaigns

campaign

of awareness against the low-activity way of life and all its risks. Politicians can take direct actions against the

availabilty

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availability

of fast

food

by increasing the taxes to those companies. Maybe, if more data related to the negative consequences of poor eating

choises

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choices

mixed with low activity habits were exposed in public media,

people

would be more careful of their daily life.

For instance

, parents will

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if

a

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soda is a suitable

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beverage

for their children if they knew that sugar is highly related to

diabethes

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diabetes

and

kindney

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kidney

issues. To conclude, the main reason for

people

being less fit and active than older generations

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may be

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the dangerous combination of low-quality

food

and sedentarism. In order to mitigate

this

issue,

goverments

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governments

government

can publish campaigns to reduce the

comsumption

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consumption

of bad

food

and improve the habits of their population.