Over the last few years, obesity has become a serious problem. These days, it affects an increasing number of both children and adults. Causes of overweight must be considered and addressed effectively; otherwise, societies will suffer from even greater health problems. This essay will look at the causes of this problem and make some suggestions about how to tackle it.
One of the main causes of overweight is the high intake of junk food such as hamburgers, chips, and fried chicken. Many people prefer to have a takeaway meal or pick up a pre-prepared food in the supermarket, which contain high salt and fat, rather than cooking a healthy meal at home. For instance, in the UK, sales of junk food have risen significantly over the last few years. The solution is for the government to increase sales tax on any food that is considered to be unhealthy. This would make consumers decrease their intake of this type of food and start to make the healthy home-made one. People lack the knowledge of food ingredients and their health issues and thus do not make informed decisions while talking foods. Easy access to private cars has reduced the walking and cycling habit of people. The quality and ingredients of quick foods/ fast foods are not strictly monitored by the authority.
Another problem is that fewer and fewer persons are doing sports. This is because of the high expenses of registration in a gym. For example, the monthly fees of gyms in the UK are around 40 or 50 pounds, which is very difficult to be afforded by many. To address this, the government could assign more money for sports facilities such as gyms to become more affordable. So that many persons would hopefully do sports and consequently start to lose weight.
A third cause of the problem is the sedentary lifestyle many families are living all the time. The high quality of life and having many facilities make our lifestyle lazier. Many families have more than one car and they are using all the cars all the time to go to their destinations, even if it can be reached by bus or on foot. The way forward might be for the government to increase the price of oil and charge owners of private cars for road use. This would make people go to their destinations on foot or by bicycles instead of using their cars.
To sum up, obesity becomes an increasingly worrying issue affecting a wide range of age groups. In my view, government, parents and school all have a role to play in tackling the problem. Action must be taken urgently; otherwise, our country will face even more serious problems in health.
Over the last few years, obesity has become a serious
problem
. These days, it affects an increasing number of both children and adults.
Causes
of overweight
must
be considered
and addressed
effectively
;
otherwise
, societies will suffer from even greater health
problems
. This essay will look at the
causes
of this
problem
and
make
some
suggestions about how to tackle it.
One of the main
causes
of overweight is the
high
intake of junk
food
such as hamburgers, chips, and fried chicken.
Many
people
prefer to have a takeaway meal or pick up a
pre-prepared
food
in the supermarket, which contain
high
salt and
fat
,
rather
than cooking a healthy meal at home.
For instance
, in the UK, sales of junk
food
have risen
significantly
over the last few years. The solution is for the
government
to increase sales tax on any
food
that
is considered
to be unhealthy. This would
make
consumers decrease their intake of this type of
food
and
start
to
make
the healthy home-made one.
People
lack the knowledge of
food
ingredients and their health issues and
thus
do not
make
informed decisions while talking
foods
. Easy access to private
cars
has
reduced
the walking and cycling habit of
people
. The quality and ingredients of quick foods/
fast
foods
are not
strictly
monitored by the authority.
Another
problem
is that fewer and fewer persons are doing sports. This is
because
of the
high
expenses of registration in a gym.
For example
, the monthly fees of gyms in the UK are around 40 or
50 pounds
, which is
very
difficult to
be afforded
by
many
. To address this, the
government
could assign more money for sports facilities such as gyms to become more affordable.
So
that
many
persons would
hopefully
do sports and
consequently
start
to lose weight.
A third
cause
of the
problem
is the sedentary lifestyle
many
families are living all the time. The
high
quality of life and having
many
facilities
make
our lifestyle lazier.
Many
families have more than one
car and
they are using all the
cars
all the time to go to their destinations, even if it can
be reached
by bus or on foot. The way forward might be for the
government
to increase the price of oil and charge owners of private
cars
for road
use
. This would
make
people
go to their destinations on foot or by bicycles
instead
of using their cars.
To sum up, obesity becomes an
increasingly
worrying issue affecting a wide range of age groups. In my view,
government
, parents and school all have a role to play in tackling the
problem
. Action
must
be taken
urgently
;
otherwise
, our country will face even more serious
problems
in health.