In many places around the world, people are choosing to live an unhealthy
lifestyle and are suffering significant health issues as a result. The following
paragraphs shall discuss the possible cause of this and offer a number of
solutions.
Firstly, one of the main causes of these health issues is the influence of
advertising from big businesses trying to make a profit. These businesses
have no morals and are only interested in making money, this means that they
will target anyone they can even though they know that their products are bad
for people’s health. For example, MacDonald’s are certainly
aware that their food is bad for children but they still target them through the
use of associating clowns and Disney characters with their ‘happy meals’.
Allied to the above, people are ill disciplined even when it comes to the
importance of their own health. These days, everyone knows the risks of
eating ‘junk’ food on a regular basis but many continue to do so. The reason
for this is that it is just too convenient and they are just too lazy to make some
real nutritious food for themselves. For instance, anyone who goes out on a weekend will have witnessed the large queues of young people in fast food
restaurants even when there are much more healthy options nearby including
various supermarkets which all sell healthy ingredients from which to make
food from.
In summary, the power of big business and the weak will of humans is
damaging the health of many. Governments, schools and parents should
consider carefully how they are going to tackle these issues in the coming
years.