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The proportion of overweight children

Children have many problems that every parents always concern about, one of which is the rising by 20% of children being overweight in serveral countries in the last 10 years. This essay will first analyse the reasons lead to this trend, followed by the consequences it brings.

Oviously, children become overweight when the energy they take in is greater than the one they take out. There are two main factors of this problem. First of all, by maintaining diet rich in energy and fat, many children become overweight. Fast food, for instance, is one of their favorite dishes at breakfast or when they come back home from school. The other reason is low levels of physical active and exercise. For example, it is easier to see boys and girls being in internet cafe to play video game or acess to social networking services than ones running or playing sports in a park.

Overweight children can face many dangers. They may feel difference from other children, which can affect their confidence. They can also be subjected by bullying from other children. Additionaly, in spite of being less common in their health problems in childhood, children who countinue to be overweight into adulthood are at great risk for many serious diseases such as high blood fats, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and so on.

The proportion of children with overweight status is rising remarkably caused by the unhealthy diet and exercise, resulting in bad impact on not only mental health but also physical health.