The number of children who have obesity issues have risen significantly in western society in the last 10 years. This essay will both discuss the underlying reasons that has led to this trend and consequences that occur.
Nowadays a vast majority of parents raise their children without a strict diet. They provide any food that their child wants in order to make them happy. After allowing their children to form their own diet mostly consisting of high processed and high calorie junk food such as pizza, hamburger, döner and etc gaining weight becomes inevitable. From another standpoint, it’s closely related to the sedentary lifestyle that a lot of children have adapted. After becoming addicted to activities such as playing video games, watching movies and etc they dont feel the need to spend time outside. This can also be considered parents’ fault as they don’t create any restrictions regarding how much their children can spend on those kind of activities. Moreover, they fail to encourage their kids to do exercise and play games with their friends outside which could help them in losing unwanted calories.
The consequences that this alarming trend could cause are really heavy. First of all, obese children can face various health problems. İn that regard, diabetes due to high sugar intake would be the most dangerous one as it can lower their quality of life and have a direct impact on their immune system. Due to high body fat ratio, cardiovascular issues can also arise, which may even result in early death in extreme situations.
İn summary, the reason why obesity is becoming a huge problem in children is because parents have lack of a control over their children’s lifestyles.
The ramifications of this trend are increased number of health issues that are being detected in the young generation.