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. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge.

In recent years, Childhood

obesity

has risen at an alarming rate.

This

leads to various kinds of

health

problems, including heart and mental disease. There are several reasons behind

this

trend.

This

essay will discuss some of the reasons and possible outcomes of childhood

obesity

. To start off with,

Food

habit is one of the main culprits for

obesity

. Because of excessive advertisement of fast

food

,

children

tend to eat fast

food

than homemade foods. These fast foods like pizzas, burgers, soft drinks consist of much sugar and fat, which leads to numerous diseases namely diabetes and heart pressure

that is

so detrimental to

health

. Another

reason

is, parents are very much busy with their working life; and, they do not have sufficient time for cooking as well as looking after the

children

.

Nonetheless

, they purchase

food

online.

Therefore

, it creates regular

food

habits for the child; as

such

, they are unwilling to eat homemade

food

.

As a result

, it leads to

obesity

. Another underlying

reason

is, nowadays Natural playground is limited due to overpopulation. Undeniably,

children

remain very busy with electric gadgets

such

as tabs, computers, and television in

such

a way that their physical activity is very limited.

Thus

, it is a

reason

for

obesity

.

Last

but not the least, Lack of government monitoring in the

food

sector is another

reason

for

children

’s

obesity

.

For instance

, several

food

shops serve impure foods which induce various complications including

obesity

. Admittedly, the reasons mentioned above add up to some serious

health

issues.

First

of all,

obesity

leads to diabetes, pressure, asthma, gastric, bad posture, and heart disease at a very young age.

This

endangers the life of a child and may later affect his mental

health

.

Furthermore

, it reduces immunity

that is

also

a cause for countless life-threatening diseases. More precisely, when

children

are overweight, they are more likely to be bullied by their surroundings.

Consequently

, Obese

children

are more prone to low self–esteem and bullying, learning problems, mental disorders, and in some cases, even depression. In conclusion, I would assert that these sugar and fast

food

shops made the

children

obese and sick, resulting in uncountable problems physically and mentally,