TASK 2 (Academic and General Training) You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: Many people have difficulty maintaining a healthy diet. What are the causes of this problem? How could it be solved? Write at least 250 words.

Talking about health issues, one cannot avoid looking at the alarming increase in

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of people having difficulty maintaining a healthy balanced

diet

. In fact, its reasons are multiple and certainly, the solutions to accompany them are various as well. We will be taking a glance at them below. The first to mention in terms of reasons for

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discussion is the rise of fast foods in the modern world.

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is simply because snacks and soft drinks nowadays can be found anywhere in supermarkets and convenience stores, with a cheaper price and many advertisements

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every social media from TV to the Internet, everyone can easily grab a snack bag or a coke with less than a dollar from anywhere. What is more, is the lack of time

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busy schedules in

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present day where many people are replacing their traditional meals with fast foods and

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trend is rising day by day.

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to say, the fast food business is on a boom, in which huge profits and minimum investment needed, can now be found anywhere from the urban areas to rural places.

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not all, there are a significant number of individuals who lack sufficient knowledge about what constitutes a healthy

diet

and the benefits it provides.

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, we are skipping our breakfast, grabbing something for a quick lunch and sometimes just eating too much in the evening, which

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in many cases of obesity in many age groups from young kids to adults. Potential ways to tackle

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problem may include the following.

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, the government should introduce new laws and apply taxes for fast food and beverage products on the market to limit the consumed amount

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. Another possible solution is implementing policies to make healthy food more affordable and accessible,

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as fresh meats, fish and vegetables from local farms. Simultaneously, the farmer should be supported with substantial farming techniques, and storage facilities

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reducing the transportation fee so the product can be easily reachable for the customer.

Lastly

, parents are advised to set good role models so that the knowledge about

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healthy balanced

diet

so children's knowledge on

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subject can be reinforced and applied correctly. In brief, the above problem of adverse impacts on human health caused by unhealthy

diet

balance brings in some discussion on the solutions. Indeed, more effective ways to cope with

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issue should need a deeper consideration which is more or less beyond the scope of

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writing

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time and length limit.