Today more people are overweight than ever before. What in your opinion are the primary causes of this? What are the main effect of this epidemic?

has major detrimental effects on health. Nowadays, the proportion of obese people has increased compared to before. Apparently, modernization and westernization are to be blamed for

universal phenomenon.

, it begets harrowing upshot on society.

Fundamentally, the predominant factors that evidently trigger it can be observed.

with, without a doubt, individuals are taking more unhealthy meals.

happened because citizens are spending more hours at work, so they will not get time to prepare food. To clarify, fast foods contain lots of sugar, carbohydrates, and preservatives which are severely harmful, and their ingredients

cause

. As an instance, in Iran, the majority of citizens are keenly interested in junk foods, since it gets ready fast, and

the taste is much better than homemade cooking.

, lack of exercise is another key factor that influenced

epidemic.

, it entails myriad detrimental effects. Chiefly,

directly has an effect on health. Many diseases like Diabetes, blood pressure and even heart attack are triggered by being overweight. As an example, in Tehran, the main cause of death was heart attacks

year; while, most of them were suffering from

.

, usually, individuals who are overweight lose their confidence. The reason for

is, they face lots of issues in society;

,

can be followed by depression in overweight people.

In conclusion,

has plummeted in the communities, which can be due to lack of doing any sports activities, and

fast food is more available compared to previous decades. There is no doubt that

has a catastrophic effect on health.