IT HAS BECOME A GLARING FACT THAT AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE THESE DAYS, ARE NOT PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY HEALTHY COMPARED TO INDIVIDUALS FROM THE PAST. THIS ESSAY WILL DISCUSS THE REASONS BEHIND THIS UGLY TREND AND RECOMMEND FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS.
THE MAJOR CAUSE OF NOT BEING IN GOOD SHAPE NOWADAYS, IS LACK OF REGULAR PHYSICAL EXERCISE. THIS IS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE INCLUDING ADULTS AND CHILDREN ARE RATHER GLUED TO THEIR SCREENS WHENEVER THEY GET A HOLD OF SPARE TIME THAN GET UP AND SWEAT OUT BAD FATS. APART FROM THIS, MAJORITY OF THE WORKING POPULATION ARE ENGROSSED IN THEIR JOBS SINCE THESE ARE AVENUES FOR THEM TO EARN A DECENT LIVING. PEOPLE WAKE UP SO EARLY TO GO TO WORK AND DO NOT RETURN HOME UNTIL LATE IN THE EVENING, AND BECAUSE OF THE STRESS OF THE DAY, LACK THE ENERGY AND ZEAL TO EXERCISE. UNDOUBTEDLY, THIS SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE HAS BEEN LINKED TO SOME SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS NAMELY, OBESITY, DIABETES, MIGRAINES, AND STROKE.
ANOTHER CAUSE OF BEING PHYSICALLY UNFIT AND INACTIVE IS HIGH CONSUMPTION OF PROCESSED FOODS. GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE FIND FAST FOODS CONVENIENT AS THEY DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT JUGGLING UP THEIR JOBS AND FINDING THE RIGHT RECIPES FOR FOOD. IN ADDITION, MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT FOODS PURCHASED FROM RESTAURANTS ARE MORE TASTY AND DELICIOUS THAN HOME-MADE MEALS, THUS THE REASON A LOT OF THEM DO NOT BOTHER TO COOK AT HOME. AS EVIDENCED BY RESEARCH, THIS HAS NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON HUMAN BODY. A PRIME EXAMPLE, IS A RECENT STUDY BY JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY WHICH FOUND THAT 68% OF FEMALES SUFFERING FROM FIBROIDS HAVE ATTESTED TO CONSUMING MAINLY PROCESSED FOODS AND LITTLE OR NO FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
DESPITE THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PROBLEMS, THE SOLUTION FALLS, ON BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND THE GOVERNMENT. FIRST, PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THEIR HEALTH BY PARTICIPATING IN DAILY WORK-OUT AND ELIMINATING THE CONSUMPTION OF FIZZY DRINKS AND DEEP-FRIED FOODS. ALSO, GOVERNMENT SHOULD INCREASE THE TAX PAID BY FIZZY DRINKS COMPANIES AND FAST FOOD OUTLETS. THIS SINGULAR ACT WILL CAUSE MANY IN THIS LINE OF BUSINESS TO SHUT DOWN AND SWITCH TO OTHER BENEFICIAL BUSINESS.
IN CONCLUSION, WHILE MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT AS FIT AS PEOPLE FROM DECADES AGO BECAUSE OF LITTLE OR NO EXERCISE AND HIGH INDULGENCE IN TAKING ON-THE-GO FOODS AND DRINKS, IT IS THE DUTY OF THE PEOPLE AND THOSE IN HIGHER AUTHORITY TO EMBRACE MEASURES THAT WILL TACKLE THIS CHALLENGE.
IT HAS BECOME A GLARING FACT THAT AN INCREASING NUMBER OF
PEOPLE
THESE DAYS, ARE NOT
PHYSICALLY
AND MENTALLY HEALTHY COMPARED TO INDIVIDUALS FROM THE PAST. THIS ESSAY WILL DISCUSS THE REASONS BEHIND THIS UGLY TREND AND RECOMMEND FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS.
THE MAJOR CAUSE OF NOT BEING IN
GOOD
SHAPE NOWADAYS, IS LACK OF REGULAR PHYSICAL EXERCISE. THIS IS
BECAUSE
MOST
PEOPLE
INCLUDING ADULTS AND CHILDREN ARE
RATHER
GLUED TO THEIR SCREENS WHENEVER THEY
GET
A HOLD OF SPARE TIME THAN
GET
UP AND SWEAT OUT
BAD
FATS. APART FROM THIS, MAJORITY OF THE WORKING POPULATION
ARE ENGROSSED
IN THEIR JOBS SINCE THESE ARE AVENUES FOR THEM TO EARN A DECENT LIVING.
PEOPLE
WAKE UP
SO
EARLY TO GO TO WORK AND DO NOT RETURN HOME UNTIL LATE IN THE EVENING, AND
BECAUSE
OF THE
STRESS
OF THE DAY, LACK THE ENERGY AND ZEAL TO EXERCISE.
UNDOUBTEDLY
, THIS SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE HAS
BEEN LINKED
TO
SOME
SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS
NAMELY
, OBESITY, DIABETES, MIGRAINES, AND STROKE.
ANOTHER CAUSE OF BEING
PHYSICALLY
UNFIT AND INACTIVE IS HIGH CONSUMPTION OF PROCESSED
FOODS
. GREATER NUMBER OF
PEOPLE
FIND
FAST
FOODS
CONVENIENT AS THEY DO NOT
HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT JUGGLING UP THEIR JOBS AND FINDING THE RIGHT RECIPES FOR
FOOD
.
IN ADDITION
,
MANY
PEOPLE
BELIEVE THAT
FOODS
PURCHASED
FROM RESTAURANTS ARE MORE TASTY AND DELICIOUS THAN HOME-MADE MEALS,
THUS
THE REASON
A LOT OF
THEM DO NOT BOTHER TO COOK AT HOME. AS EVIDENCED BY RESEARCH, THIS HAS
NEGATIVE
EFFECTS ON HUMAN BODY. A PRIME EXAMPLE, IS A RECENT STUDY BY JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY WHICH FOUND THAT 68% OF FEMALES SUFFERING FROM
FIBROIDS
HAVE ATTESTED TO CONSUMING
MAINLY
PROCESSED
FOODS
AND
LITTLE
OR NO FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
DESPITE THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PROBLEMS, THE SOLUTION FALLS, ON BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND THE
GOVERNMENT
.
FIRST
,
PEOPLE
SHOULD LEARN TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THEIR HEALTH BY PARTICIPATING IN DAILY WORK-OUT AND ELIMINATING THE CONSUMPTION OF FIZZY DRINKS AND DEEP-FRIED
FOODS
.
ALSO
,
GOVERNMENT
SHOULD INCREASE THE TAX PAID BY FIZZY DRINKS
COMPANIES
AND
FAST
FOOD
OUTLETS. THIS SINGULAR ACT WILL CAUSE
MANY
IN THIS LINE OF BUSINESS TO SHUT DOWN AND SWITCH TO OTHER BENEFICIAL BUSINESS.
IN CONCLUSION
, WHILE
MANY
INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT AS FIT AS
PEOPLE
FROM DECADES AGO
BECAUSE
OF
LITTLE
OR NO EXERCISE AND HIGH INDULGENCE IN TAKING ON-THE-GO
FOODS
AND DRINKS, IT IS THE DUTY OF THE
PEOPLE
AND THOSE IN HIGHER AUTHORITY TO EMBRACE MEASURES THAT WILL TACKLE THIS CHALLENGE.