These days childhood obesity is alarmingly on the rise in several nations. There are several causes and effects in this topic, which I elaborate more below.
Concerning the factors, most parents tend to serve ready-made meals as the main food for their kids, (burgers and pizzas) excessively, without considering good nutrition. Apparently, in the aim of shortening the time due to some parents not having time to cook, especially for time-strapped parents. For example, McDonald’s is the biggest quick-service retailer which is liked by children. Moreover, currently children who live in this modern era most spend their time face-to-face with their gadgets, such as either watching Youtube or playing some games. Thus, childhood would be indolent, engaging in outdoor activities or exercising.
Moving to the effect, children who have fat body form might get bullying attacks due to their untreated body. Most Korean teenagers often experience bullying not only in public places but also at schools caused by their body shape. Furthermore, if parents overlook to their child’s physical condition, children may experience both susceptible to disease and hardship moving their body during activities and aggravated with difficulty breathing and made wired by the possibility of being attacked by heart illness in the future
In conclusion, the role of parents is very important in maintaining food intake in children, otherwise this will lead to several negative factors including, often giving junk food to the kids and being too lazy to do some exercise. Meanwhile, either getting bullied by people around or parents who do not care about their children’s health.