Report

More and more New Zealanders are becoming obese and there are no laws to prevent this from happening/getting worse. There are many contributing factors to the issue of obesity in New Zealand. Some of the most common ones are: -Change of lifestyle -Economic Addiction · __Change of lifestyle:__ In the past, children were more active, the [advance] in technology has contributed to this issue. Before TV, computers and video games were invented, children would go outside and play, but now that it is possible to be completely entertained from the comfort of your couch, children spend their time sitting down, staring at a screen for hours on end. · __ Economic: __ The foods and drinks that are full of sugar, fat and other unhealthy [ingredients] are normally much cheaper that the foods which are good for you. For example, big bottles of coke are always on sale and huge stands of coke are put right by the counter, so a lot of people see it on their way to the checkout and think ‘it’s cheap so I may as well get some’ Whereas real milk is very expensive, so many people can’t afford to buy it. As a result, poor countries are the countries who struggle most with obesity. · __ Addiction: __ People get a sugar fix from things like Coke, they enjoy how they feel when they drink it, so they keep buying it. .
 * 1. The Problem **
 * 2. Causes **
 * 3. Solutions **