Being clinically obese was once only a condition that adults suffered from, but it is becoming more common in people under the age of 18. The essay will first discuss how fast food is the primary cause of this growing problem, followed by a discussion of how education is the most viable solution.
Restaurants serving junk food, such as Mc Donalds, are becoming ever more popular. This is leading to young kids eating food with a high calorie content more often, and even becoming addicted to these high-fat meals. This results in them regularly eating over their daily allowance of calories and putting on weight. For example, the average meal of burger and fries contains more than half a child’s daily energy requirements.
The best solution to this is to educate children about the dangers of being severely overweight. If there was more being done to raise awareness of the types of diseases associated with obesity, children might think twice before asking their parents to take them to the local fast food restaurants. For instance, Germany has recently banned all fatty foods from its schools and taught children the value of healthy eating and this has resulted in an 20% drop in obesity-related diabetes.
In conclusion, it may be true that many young generation are struggling with their weight because of eating too many fatty meals in well-know fast food restaurants, but if education system gives children enough information about the risks they are taking by doing this, the problem can be alleviated.
Being
clinically
obese was once
only
a condition that adults suffered from,
but
it is becoming more common in
people
under the age of 18. The essay will
first
discuss how
fast
food
is the primary cause of this growing problem, followed by a discussion of how education is the most viable solution.
Restaurants serving junk
food
, such as
Mc
Donalds
, are becoming ever more popular. This is leading to young kids
eating
food
with a high calorie content more
often
, and even becoming addicted to these high-
fat
meals. This results in them
regularly
eating
over their daily allowance of calories and putting on weight.
For example
, the average meal of burger and fries contains more than half a child’s daily energy requirements.
The best solution to this is to educate
children
about the
dangers
of being
severely
overweight. If there was more
being done
to raise awareness of the types of diseases associated with obesity,
children
might
think
twice
before
asking their parents to take them to the local
fast
food
restaurants.
For instance
, Germany has recently banned all fatty
foods
from its schools and taught
children
the value of healthy
eating
and this has resulted in an 20% drop in obesity-related diabetes.
In conclusion
, it may be true that
many
young generation are struggling with their weight
because
of
eating
too
many
fatty meals in well-know
fast
food
restaurants,
but
if education system gives
children
enough
information about the
risks
they are taking by doing this, the problem can
be alleviated
.