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Today many children and teenagers are overweight and unhealthy. Give reasons to explain why many young people are obese and give some solutions to fix this problem.

#children #teenagers #people
In
todays
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today's
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 era
lot
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a lot
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 of
children
 and teenagers are overweight and unhealthy.The reasons and how it could be fixed are
disscused
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discussed
 below.
Firstly
,eating out frequently
that is
 mostly from a fast food chain
these
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this
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 food contains lots of fats which leads to obesity,
this
 can be controlled by eating
home cooked
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home-cooked
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 meals which will be
more
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a more
the more
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 nutritious and healthy option.
Secondly
,
lack
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the lack
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 of physical activity
this
 is
due to
 many youngsters
prefer
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preferring
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 to use their mobile phones rather
then
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than
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engaging
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engage
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 in outdoor activities
such
 as sports.
This
 can be overcome by parents being more strict
on
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with
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 their
children
 regarding the use of phones and encouraging their kids to join extra- circular
activites
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activities
such
 as netball , soccer , swimming etc.
Thirdly
 , insufficient knowledge about the impact of obesity
in
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on
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children
 when one is not aware of the consequences or rather negative effects they would not even give
a
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it a
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second thought ,
therefore
 in schools and universities
children
 should be thought about leading a healthy lifestyle whereby they would have
basic
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a basic
the basic
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 idea on the importance of it and most likely to follow when they join
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the work
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work force
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workforce
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.
Lastly
 ,
affordability
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the affordability
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 of unhealthy food
such
 as fizzy drinks ,
unhealthy
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and unhealthy
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 snacks which are rich in fats and sugar which
children
 purchase and consume because it is cheap. Government should increase
tax
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taxes
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 on these items so that people will think twice before buying
it
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them
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.
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