In many countries children are getting fatter and less fit day by day. Why is it so and suggest solutions.

In some parts of the world, there is an increasing trend of

children

getting less fit and putting on more weight.

This

essay will discuss some of the reasons for

this

trend and propose measures to mitigate them. One of the biggest contributing

factor

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to

children

getting fatter is the increased

consumption

of fast

food

.

Children

often are influenced by seeing more and more fast-

food

consumption

around them and give in to the temptation of following the trend. Fast

food

is notoriously famous for its paucity of nutritional value and for the harm it causes to one’s health. Research has shown that fast

food

is one of the main culprits for the increase in obesity around the world.

Therefore

, with increased

consumption

of fast

food

amongst

children

, they are prone to become obese. To tackle

this

problem, there needs to be contribution both from the government and the

parents

.

Parents

should encourage

children

to follow a more nutritional diet by

by

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offering them small incentives as

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a reward

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reward

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so that they are more motivated to eat healthier

food

. As for the latter,

government

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the government

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should ban the sale of fast

food

, in and around the school campus, and

instead

, promote

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the sale

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of healthier

food

, so that the

children

would have less accessibility to fast

food

and would be naturally forced to replace it with what is available. As for the issue of

children

becoming less fit, a chief reason is

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children

these days are not active.

This

is because of the increased availability of the means to play video games. With every household having electronic

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like computers, tablets and multiple

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smartphones

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smart phones

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,

this

problem has only worsened.

For example

, it is very common these days that

children

often sit in one place for hours playing video games,

instead

of, going out and playing with other

children

. To mitigate

this

issue,

parents

should restrict the use of

the

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electronic devices for

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children

.

As a result

,

children

would be pushed to play outdoor with other

children

and once they would realise the pleasure of doing so, they would make it part of their routine. In conclusion, two of the main reasons for

the

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children

becoming more obese and less healthy are the increased

consumption

of fast

food

and the increase in

sedentary

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a sedentary

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activity like playing video games.

However

, these issues can be mitigated if

parents

offer the

children

incentives for healthy eating and restrict screen time

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and if the government replaces fast

food

with healthy options, in and around

school

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the school

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campus

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.