There is no doubt that overweight in children is a big problem in some countries all over the world. In this essay, I will try to explore the causes of this disturbing issue and what are some solutions that can be introduced to minimize it as much as possible.
In terms of causes for this huge problem, giving children unhealthy food is one of the reasons. For example,they are used to eat sugary products like cakes, Pancakes, donuts and chocolate bars where all these types of sweets have carbohydrate which has a lot of calories that are hard to burn.In addition, they are eating fast food like hamburgers and falafel which have unsaturated fat and are difficult to digest and at the same time have a lot of calories too.Also, little excersicing for students at a young age creates a generation of lazy people where they are unable to move in a good way which would help in getting rid of weight.
However, there are some suggestions and solutions to deal with this issue. For instance, governments could have strict regulatoins regarding food that is presented to students at schools where eating fruits and vegetables should be the main dishes of the menu with healthy drinks such as milk. Besides that, encouraging young people to get to school through walking or biking which comes with well planned streets that are prepared for such actions.
To sum up, each problem has a solution but we need to figure it out. Protecting young people or kids from being obese is very important since it will maintain their good health and reduce future risks of having overweight adults which is bad for their health and could affect their self-esteem and creates many diseases that can be siginificant.