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Obesity in Children: IELTS Causes and Effects

This document provides a sample essay outline on the causes and effects of obesity in children. It discusses organizing the essay into two body paragraphs addressing causes and effects, or alternatively separating each cause and its corresponding effect into individual paragraphs. The sample essay follows the two body paragraph structure, with the first body paragraph identifying poor diet and increased fast food consumption as the main causes. The second body paragraph discusses the effects of obesity in children, including increased health issues like diabetes and potential bullying affecting mental health and self-esteem.

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Obesity in Children: IELTS Causes and Effects

This document provides a sample essay outline on the causes and effects of obesity in children. It discusses organizing the essay into two body paragraphs addressing causes and effects, or alternatively separating each cause and its corresponding effect into individual paragraphs. The sample essay follows the two body paragraph structure, with the first body paragraph identifying poor diet and increased fast food consumption as the main causes. The second body paragraph discusses the effects of obesity in children, including increased health issues like diabetes and potential bullying affecting mental health and self-esteem.

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IELTS Causes and Effects

Obesity in Children
This causes and effects model essay is about obesity in children.

You specifically have to talk about the causes (reasons) of the increase in overweight children,
and explain the effects (results) of this.

This particular essay is organized as follows:

Body 1: Causes
Body 2: Effects

Of course it is also possible to have a 3 body paragraph essay. For example:

Body 1: Causes
Body 2: Causes
Body 3: Effects

Or:

Body 1: Causes
Body 2: Effects
Body 3: Effects

However, remember not to write too little on one part. For example, if you wrote one very short
paragraph about 'causes' with little support and most of your essay on 'effects', you may then be
seen to have not fully answered both parts of the question.

Another possible way of organizing it is to put each cause and its effect within a separate
paragraph:

Body 1: Cause 1 - Effect


Body 2: Cause 2 - Effect

If you do this though, each particular cause must relate to that specific effect.
Sample Essay

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Present a written argument to an educated reader with no specialist


knowledge of the following topic.

The percentage of overweight children in western society has increased


by almost 20% in the last ten years.

Discuss the causes and effects of this disturbing trend.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your
own experience or knowledge.

You should write at least 250 words.

Obesity in Children - Model Answer

Over the last ten years, western societies have seen close to a 20% rise in the number of
children who are overweight. This essay will discuss some reasons why this has occurred and
examine the consequences of this worrying trend.

The main cause of this problem is poor diet. Over the last decade there has been a prolific
increase in the number of fast food restaurants. For example, on nearly every high street there is
a MacDonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut. The food in these places has been
proven to be very unhealthy, and much of the advertising is targeted at children, thus ensuring
that they constitute the bulk of the customers of these establishments. However, it is not only
due to eating out, but also the type of diet many children have at home. A lot of food consumed
is processed food, especially with regards to ready-made meals which are a quick and easy
option for parents who are working hard.

The effects of this have been and will continue to be very serious. Firstly, there has been a large
increase in health related diseases amongst children, especially diabetes. This debilitating illness
means a child has to be injected with insulin for the rest of their life. Not only this, very
overweight children often experience bullying from other children, which may affect their
mental health. The negative stigma of being overweight may also affect self-esteem.

To sum up, it is evident that there are several causes of obesity amongst children, and a variety
of negative effects. Society must ensure steps are taken to prevent this problem from
deteriorating further.

(275 words)

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