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All over the world, the number of overweight people is growing. What do you feel are the main causes of this? What are the effects?

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Obesity or overweight is one of the rising issues globally. Due to
this
, the life expectancy of humans is declining.
This
 essay will discuss the reasons as well as the effects of the above-mentioned problem in detail with relevant examples in the following paragraphs. On the one hand, the important reasons for being overweight include a sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy food habits and physical inactiveness.
Firstly
, nowadays
people
 follow a fast-moving lifestyle because of tight work schedules and family tensions.
Therefore
, most of the working women forget that they have a kitchen at home and they always depend on the fast-food restaurants for food.
Secondly
, in the present-day generation, many
people
 do not follow a proper time for food intake.
Moreover
, they do not even prefer any healthy diets.
For example
, a survey conducted among IT professionals resulted that 87% of
people
 like to have fast foods like burgers and pizzas daily.
Thirdly
, exercise became a nightmare to many because of laziness and job stress. Apart from
this
, due to heavy job many
people
 purposefully neglect physical exercises, over to
this
 as a part of their work,
people
 always maintain a sitting position in front of the computer. Due to these,
people
 land up with overweight issues.
On the other hand
, because of the above-mentioned problems,
people
 may land up with many health issues like cardiovascular problems, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus and stomach discomforts.
For example
, a study conducted by World Health Organization proved that one in ten youngsters die due to a heart attack. In a nutshell, it is in the hands of the
people
 to determine whether they should live healthily or not.
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