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

The number of young generations in Western countries who are suffering from obesity has a 20% increase over the

last

decade. There seem to be two main effects stemming from

this

issue and some reasons are behind it which will be discussed in

this

essay. Probably, the major cause of the sharp growth in the number of overweight children is their tendency to have fast

food

rather than healthy and home-made

food

. Compared to previous years, people -most importantly youngsters- prefer not to spend their time cooking a healthy meal and their choice is ready-made and fast

food

which is not a valuable alternative.

Additionally

, it is generally acknowledged that

due to

modern technologies, offspring's lives do not need much physical activity as their energy-taking games are substituted by computer games. They spend long hours behind their electronic devices every

day

.

For instance

, we witness that every little child has his/ her own mobile phone and plays mobile games during the

day

. There is ample evidence that the problem of putting on weight has some unreturnable influences on children's health. The age of getting chronic diseases is falling down

day

by

day

and the expenses of curing are extra pain on parents' necks.

Moreover

, if

this

situation continues, the next generation will not be able to live for long years.

Therefore

society will face a shortage of workers in the future. A case in point, is the concerning rate of population and illness sufferers

as a result

of an unsolved problem: "overweighting".

Consequently

,

this

essay discusses the rising rate of fat children in the Western world which is caused by having too much unhealthy

food

and not doing enough exercise and shows that it will result in fewer workers and more patients in the next decades.