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The continued increase in obesity is the greatest problem faced by developed countries at the present time. What are the causes of this continued increase? Do you agree that it is the greatest problem faced by developed countries today?

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Most developed
countries
 are facing now, the problem of
rise
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 in
number
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a number
the number
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 of overweight
people
.
This
 problem can have
multipe
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multiple
 reasons , we will
duscuss
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discuss
 some of them in
this
 essay and I personally opine the idea of the proponents.
Firstly
,
People
 in developed
countries
 are having unhealthy
lifestyle
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such
 as eating fast
food
 and
no
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 balanced diet.The
consquence
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consequence
 of
that is
 the growth in
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a number
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number of
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apply
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obesity even for children.
For
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 studies
shows
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 that most young
people
 in
USA
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the USA
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 are overweight because of eating junk
food
 and they are lazy to cook at home.
Moreover
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 they have more chances to have a heart attack in the future.
Morover
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Moreover
,
people
 are lazy to cook healthy
food
 at home because they don't have time after a long day at work as
results
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result
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 of that they order online
food
.
Secoundly
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Secondly
,
population
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the population
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 in rich
countries
 are less
practicing
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practising
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 sports or they have a sedentary life,
comparing
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compared
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 with
people
 from poor
countries
 that live a hard life and work in some professional that need physical power like construction. As a
results
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result
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 of that the proportion of obesity is very high in developed
countries
. Nowadays, after
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coronavirus
coronavuris
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 most
people
 in rich
countries
 are working remotely and spend more time sitting at home without any
exercises
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exercise
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. in conclusion,the
precentage
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percentage
 of
obisity
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obesity
 has
been
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increased and
this
 is one of
biggest
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the biggest
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 problems faced by developed
countries
 at the present time, in my
opnion
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opinion
 To curb
this
 problem,
people
 need to make self-aware and with the help of
government
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the government
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, local organizations should step forward and educate society more about its bad effects.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • obesity
  • prevalence
  • sedentary lifestyle
  • calorie intake
  • nutrition
  • balanced diet
  • economic factors
  • caloric intake
  • marketing strategies
  • genetically predisposed
  • metabolic rates
  • physical activity
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