All over the world, societies are facing a growing problem with obesity. This problem affects both children and adults. What are the reasons for this, and how could it be tackled?

With the improvement of societies,

people

tend to live unhealthily

such

as having an unbalanced diet or a sedentary lifestyle.

As a result

of that, we are witnessing more and more

people

suffering from being overweight and

also

from medical conditions related to being overweight. Despite having an awareness of how obesity could impact negatively on their health, some

people

are still not changing their way of living due to a number of obstacles. In

this

essay, I will examine some possible causes of

this

phenomenon and propose some measures to diminish

this

issue. One of the main causes of the problem is that individuals often consume fast

food

or processed

food

. Those types of

food

have less nutritional value than fresh ingredients, and those are typically deep-fried. The consumption of fast

food

and processed

food

is convenient in modern life,

however

, it results in an unbalanced diet and increases the risk of being oversized. The solution is for the government to raise taxes for those unhealthy

food

products, which would encourage

people

to shift to healthier and fresher

food

such

as raw vegetables and fruit. Another problem is that many

people

are physically inactive.

That is

to say, officer workers tend to have a sedentary lifestyle because they have to sit in front of the screens to complete their tasks, which could cause them to obese.

In addition

,

children

are less likely to engage in outdoor activities due to the attraction of TV channels. To tackle

this

issue, managers should encourage their employers to exercise by installing gym facilities within offices.

This

could eliminate difficulties for their workers going to the gym when those white-collar workers leave offices. Dealing with

this

issue involves parents,

for instance

, making rules of screen-time to reduce the time when

children

are sitting in front of the box. By doing that,

children

have more hours to spend on outdoor activities. To sum up, recently the number of overweight

people

has been increased because of an unhealthy diet and an inactive lifestyle.

Although

this

phenomenon can have detrimental impacts on general health and

also

increase the risk of heart diseases, various solutions can be taken in order to diminish the potential problem of obesity

such

as increasing taxes for unhealthy

food

and facilitating exercises by the gym at offices and allowing

children

to watch less television.