To begin with, improper diet habits contribute a lot to the problem. Children are always keen on eating junk food which contains excess fat, oil and sugar. Nowadays, children are having greater freedom to choose the food they long for. Once they are used to this diet style, it is impossible for them to tolerate eating the 'unattractive', and yet healthy food prepared by their care-takers.
While we are walking on the street, it is common to find that many children are obese. In fact, obesity has been a serious social problem for a long time in Hong Kong as well as in other developed cities. Obesity will shorten the longevity of the population and create heavy pressure on the government medical expenditure. Hence, it is no doubt that it is crucial to solve this problem as soon as possible. As we want to tackle it, we have to understand the reasons behind it first.
To deal with this problem, children should be taught the importance of a balanced diet. Besides, they should be educated about the fatal consequences behind this junk food.
Another reason for the problem is that children lack physical exercise. Due to the presence of numerous temptation nowadays, such as watching TV, playing computer games and overusing computers, sports seem to be getting less and less attractive or even a boring and time-consuming activity to them. Busy and stressful school life also makes children spend less time playing sports. Let us imagine a young boy who eats too much but doesn't do physical exercise, the excess glucose is not consumed but stored in his body as fat. Day in and day out, fat will be accumulated and makes him even more difficult to play sports. This is undoubtedly a vicious circle that drives him to obesity.
Therefore, the government should emphasize the importance of keeping fit among the children. One way to achieve the goal is to increase the number of PE lessons in primary and secondary schools. In this way, I believe that children could cultivate their interest on sports more readily.
Furthermore, I have to mention that parents' carelessness and misconceptions may also contribute to the problem. Many parents may understand that kids should eat as much as possible when they are still little kids. However, this may have already paved the way to obesity for their innocent children. These children may not give up this habit when they grow up as teenagers. What their parents do is just like making the kids addicted to unhealthy diet. They are actually ruining their sons' and daughters' future.
Hence, it is essential that parents have to be educated. I believe that it is the most direct way to solve the problem as parents always love their children.
In conclusion, children should switch their eating habits to a healthy and balanced diet. They need to be aware of the importance of physical exercise. Moreover, parents should get rid of the misconceptions that kids should eat as much as possible when they are still young. With all these solutions, I truly believe that the problem can be solved entirely.
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