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Being overweight has become a major health concern in many parts of the world. Explain the causes for being overweight and provide solutions.

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In the past decades,
people
 are more concerned about having a
health
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healthy
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 life and controlling weight for many reasons.
Although
, in some regions of the world the
numbers
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number
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 of obesity and
health
 problems
has
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have
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 a
giganticty
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gigantic
 increased. I think that one of the major
problem
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problems
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 is that
people
are
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do
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 not
having
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have
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time
 to eat properly and
the
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apply
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fast foods are an easy option to have a
quicky
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quick
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 meal. Another problem could be that some
people
 do not like to do exercises to improve their
health
 life. For these two problems, I have some suggestions. Having a quick meal is always a good option when you do not have
time
 to cook at that moment. Most of the population, especially the ones who have access to cheaper
fast
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fast-food
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food
 chains probably are used to that option when they do not have
time
 to prepare a proper healthy meal. For
this
, a good solution is, in their free
time
,
people
 could cook healthy
food
 and put it
small
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in small
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 portions keeping them in the freezer. Doing
this
, the
people
 will always have
health
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healthy
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food
storaged
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storage
stored
 in their houses. The other problem
to keep
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with keeping
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 a balance
in
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between
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health
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healthy
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food
 and
lost of
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apply
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weight is
by
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apply
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doing some exercises to improve the body, not just to
looking
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look
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 good, but
also
 to be healthy. Working out at the gym is always the
firts
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first
 tough to
lost
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lose
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 weight, but
people
 forget that doing some other activities could help, like biking, hiking and doing exercises outdoors could help to improve some of the vitamins that the body needs, especially vitamin D.
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grammar
Ensure that you proofread your essay to correct grammatical errors and improve sentence structure. For example, 'health life' should be 'healthy life,' and 'giganticty' should be 'gigantic.'
coherence
Make your topic sentences clearer and ensure each paragraph transitions smoothly to the next. For instance, you might start the second paragraph with 'One significant cause of overweight is...'.
relevancy
To provide more specific examples, you might discuss statistics or studies related to fast food consumption and its impact on health. Specific examples help strengthen your argument.
task achievement
You have identified key causes of being overweight and proposed solutions, which shows a good understanding of the task.
logical structure
The essay is generally well-organized, with a clear separation of causes and solutions.
supported points
Your suggestions for solutions, such as preparing healthy meals in advance, are practical and easy to understand.

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    • Sentence 2 - Example
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
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