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The percentage of overweight children in western countries has increased by almost 20% in the last ten years. Discuss the causes and effects of this disturbing trend.

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In the
last
 ten years, the number of
children
suffer
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 from
obesity
 in western countries has risen by almost 20%. Doing less exercise and eating much junk food are the main reasons for that.
As a result
,
children
’s health deteriorated, causing many health issues, and overweight
children
 might
be
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loss
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 confidence as well. One of the
first
 reasons
of
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the number of
obesity
 increased so
much
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quickly is that
children
 always sitting and lack
of
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exercise.
For example
, as technology developed,
children
 are more willing to
spent
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 more time
to
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sitting before the computer and playing computer games rather than
go
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 outside to have a walk. Another reason that needs to be considered is
children
 are the main group of people who consume fatty food.
Such
 as chips and pizza which
is
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 full of oil.
Consequently
,
those unhealthy diet
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 would cause weight growth rapidly.
Obesity
 would cause many
healthy
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health
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 issues for
children
.
For example
, they might have a high blood level or diabetes at a very young age, so
that
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they need to pay more attention
about
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to
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 their playing and
eating
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 Behavior. They cannot play
everything
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with everything
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 as well as
eating
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eat
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 everything,
this
 might
causes
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cause
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 some
psychology
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 problems.
In addition
, some overweight
children
 might
loss
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lose
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 confidence
about
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in
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 themselves. Because of
obesity
,
children
 might not like to express themselves freely since they are afraid of judgement
comes
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coming
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 from
other person
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another person
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,
such
 as giving a performance before their peers.
Thus
,
obesity
 might cause ill-effect both
in
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on
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 their body
or
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and
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 their maid. In conclusion, lack of exercise and eating much junk food would lead to a bad effect
in
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children
’s
body
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bodies
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 and
mind
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minds
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. Teachers in the school should always give some
healthy
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health
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 education classes and parents should give their
children
 a good example at home.
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