All over the world, societies are facing a growing problem with obesity. This problem affects both children and adults. What are the reasons for this rise in obesity? How could it be tackled?
Obesity is a pressing issue that many countries are experiencing. The ubiquitous presence of fast food chain restaurants, serving high-calorie meals loaded with fats and sodium, and neglecting to cook wholesome meals at home are among the underlying causes, but there are possible ways of curbing this unhealthy trend.
One of the leading causes of the high obesity rate is the high intake of junk food, such as hamburgers, chips, or fried chicken. Many people prefer takeaway meals containing a high content of salt and fat rather than healthy meals at home because of their convenience. For instance, in the UK, the sales of junk food have increased over the last few years because it is simple and easy to place online orders. Another cause of obesity is attributed to people’s sedentary lifestyle. Instead of playing outdoor sports, people would prefer to watch their favorite movies on TV or to play video games on the Internet while munching chips. This often results in the empty calories being transformed into fat.
There are tactics that the government could use to promote healthy habits. One tactic is for the government to put a tax on unhealthy food. This would encourage consumers to abstain from junk food and start preparing food at home. In fact, the compounding costs of tax on top of the food itself would make people turn to alternatives, such as home-cooked food. Another tactic is children should be educated about how sports activities could burn excess fat. Playing football, for example, helps them burn energy, keep fit, as well as uplift their self-esteem. The last tactic is the government should ban the advertising of unhealthy food on the mass media, such as TV and the Internet. As children have not fully developed their rational judgments, they could not resist the urge to buy these products when stumbling upon the appealing images of them.
In conclusion, I am convinced that the issue of obesity is attributed to a sedentary life and the convenience of buying fast food, and hopefully, some tactics, such as a tax and prohibition on advertising fast food, would lead people to embrace healthy lifestyles.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, so, well, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, in fact, such as, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 13.1623246493 106% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 10.4138276553 115% => OK
Relative clauses : 4.0 7.30460921844 55% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 17.0 24.0651302605 71% => OK
Preposition: 47.0 41.998997996 112% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1799.0 1615.20841683 111% => OK
No of words: 358.0 315.596192385 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.0251396648 5.12529762239 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.34981470047 4.20363070211 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.67667880156 2.80592935109 95% => OK
Unique words: 201.0 176.041082164 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.561452513966 0.561755894193 100% => OK
syllable_count: 541.8 506.74238477 107% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 0.809619238477 494% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 16.0721442886 106% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.7738701249 49.4020404114 117% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.823529412 106.682146367 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.0588235294 20.7667163134 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.64705882353 7.06120827912 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.4128256513 147% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.116811547614 0.244688304435 48% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0426340489374 0.084324248473 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0325399630955 0.0667982634062 49% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0705233295233 0.151304729494 47% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0210749619878 0.056905535591 37% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 13.0946893788 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 50.2224549098 117% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.3001002004 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.89 12.4159519038 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.47 8.58950901804 99% => OK
difficult_words: 86.0 78.4519038076 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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