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The number of ooverweight children in developed countries is increasing. Some people this is due to problems such as the growing number of fast food outlets. Others believe that parents are to blame for not looking after their children's health. To what extent do you agree with these views?

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The rapid increase in overweight children in a country like Sri Lanka can be seen
due to
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 many
reasons
. As mentioned in the question it can be caused by
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food
 outlets and careless
parents
 who do not give attention to their kin's
health
. In my opinion, there could be other
reasons
 as well. But I would agree
on
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mentioned
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 two
reasons
 since they are the main causes.
Firstly
, when compared to the past years, the size of kids
have
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 rapidly grown. And their
health
also
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is also
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 worse than their elders.
According to
a
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research carried out by university
student
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students
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regards to
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this
has
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found
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out
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overweight can
be leads
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lead
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 to many
healtj
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health
 issues and short lives.
However
,
as
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the first main reason for
this
 is junk
food
.
For instance
, rolls, pastries and many fried short eats. Since
thease
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these
 contain unwanted fat and oil, it
affect
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to
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their
health
.
Secondly
, parent's behaviours can make an impact
to
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 their children's
health
. Nowadays some elders are
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more skuggish
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skuggish
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sluggish
that
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than
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 previous generations and others are busy
due to
 work.
This
also
 affects the youth. Since their
parents
overloaded
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 with work, they tend to buy lunch from outside. So,
parents
also
 indirectly
supporting to
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support
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 the growth of fast
food
.
On the other hand
,
this
 problem can
resolve
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 by encouraging healthy
nourishments
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nourishment
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 and forming campaigns to make
aware
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apply
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the public
on
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of
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 unhealthy
food
 which badly
affect
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affects
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 their
health
.
Moreover
, aware government to prohibit fast
food
 so people
use to
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 have home cooking and
healty
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healthy
 cuisines. In conclusion,
overweight
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 problem is rapidly increasing around the world. Mostly in developing countries. From my perspective,
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 of fast
food
 and carefree
parents
 are the main
reasons
. To avoid
this
 issue,
community
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the community
a community
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 can encourage home cooking and aware the public the impact of prepackaged
food
.
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