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Childhood obesity is a growing public health crisis. In your opinion, what are the reason for this and what can be done to tackle this issue?

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People have different opinions on the growing childhood
obesity
 crisis, In
this
 essay, I will discuss the causes of
this
problem
 first and
then
 offer some possible solutions to it. In my view, the primary cause of
this
problem
 is the major cause of childhood
obesity
 is unhealthy diet. Nowadays, processed
food
 is easier to prepare as a meal from busy parents or restaurants, meanwhile, the price is
also
 cheaper and very tasty. That are reason of people tend to choose fast
food
 rather than cooking healthy whole
food
 by themselves, but forget the calories will increase
obesity
. One other factor adding to
this
problem
 is that entertainment during breaks or personal time has changed,
children
 prefer scrolling phones rather than hanging out with friends. When I was a primary school student, I always played basketball during breaks, but when I was a high school student, social media was very popular, everyone stayed in their seat and scrolling phones, and lack of frequent exercise
is
Wrong verb form
was
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also
 a factor leading to
obesity
. In order to overcome
this
problem
 and make
children
 healthier, parents should pay more attention
on
Change preposition
to
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food
 ingredients. Choosing
the
Correct article usage
a
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 meal which has more
vegetable
Fix the agreement mistake
vegetables
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 than fried
food
,
ensured
Wrong verb form
ensures
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children
 do not eat too much sugar,
furthermore
, the school can
also
 provide
lunch
Correct article usage
a lunch
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 which is designed by nutritionists, to control
food
 balance and calories.
On the other hand
, parents can spend more time with
children
, taking
children
 into nature more, preventing
children
 from being addicted to phones, and schools can provide more PE classes, to help students do more exercise to avoid the
obesity
 crisis. In conclusion,
while
 it is improbable that any solution will be found in the near future. I feel that the abovementioned measures would be a good first step.
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