Childhood obesity is a serious problem in many countries. What are the causes of This and how can the problem be managed?

In many nations, child obesity is becoming a major

health

problem.

This

is due to the increase in the consumption of Junk

food

and living a sedentary life. Children increasing weight can be controlled by encouraging them to eat homecooked

food

and engaging them in outdoor sports.

To begin

with, overweight issues are tremendously increasing among the young generation. The major factors include eating unhealthy diets, which are full of carbohydrates and fats. These children consume more calories than required and

hence

it gets deposited in their bodies in form of various fat deposition.

Additionally

, another cause of overweight that contributes to a large extent is their sedentary lifestyle as children in the current time spend hours in front of computers and television to watch cartoons and play videogames.

Therefore

, their metabolic rate becomes low and eventually leads to various

health

issues

such

as heart and sugar diseases.

For example

, in western countries, schools organise

health

programs to bring awareness among youth on healthy eating habits. In order to control growing overweight problems among young generations, the government should strongly encourage school authorities to run free

health

awareness services and campaigns. Parents should equally participate and strictly follow the given

diet

plans for their kids. Communities and neighbourhoods should establish sports clubs and hold competitions for local area people.

As a result

, the young generation gets motivated to participate in physical activities that help them to stay active and healthy.

Moreover

,

health

clubs must share nutritious

diet

plans and quick healthy

food

recipes so that working parents get benefit from

such

efforts.

For instance

, there are some schools in India where students are given a well-balanced

diet

for lunch to reduce the consumption of junk

food

. To conclude, child obesity is tremendously increasing due to unhealthy eating habits and it can be reduced by bringing awareness among youth and parents about a balanced

diet

and the importance of physical activities in their daily routine.