Spanish teens are not fit enough

Currently almost everyone knows someone who is obese. A person has obesity when he or she eats more calories then than the ones that he burn for a long time. Nowadays the number of obese people is 10 times higher than 40 years ago. While the number of obese children 40 years ago was 11 million, today is more than 100 million.

There are some reasons to explain why more and more children are becoming obese. The main reason is the diet. 40 years ago people used to eat many vegetables. They didn't eat pizza or other kind of junk food. Today, many children eat junk food and they eat fewer vegetables. Another reason is that most of the teenagers don't do sport, they prefer playing videogames, and they only do exercise in PE classes. Some people also have obesity because of emotional problems they has before, like depression or anxiety.

Obesity also makes children have more health problems. Today's teens have health problems that adults had before, for example diabetes and choresterol. Some children who are obese can also become obsessed with losing weight and they can have bulimia or anorexia.

In my opinion we have to fight obesity. We need to do a lot of sport and have a healthier lifestyle. We need to eat less junk food and have a better diet. If people don't have a healthy lifestyle, they will have obesity and later health problems so they will have a worse quality of life.