Children
of the Net Generation today (the so-called N-Geners,
roughly younger than 20-22 years old) are brought up on a diet of
processed food, television, super-realistic video games and
internet-based social networking.
This
growing-up pattern is characterised by unbalanced-diet and lack of physical
exercise. The
most common sight of this phenomenon now is overweight N-Geners. Later
in mature adulthood this phenomenon could result in N-Geners suffering from
diet-related diseases like cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure etc. The
health care cost will consequently be balooning in the next future and become a
huge financial burden for the society.
Hence, it is best to fight the unhealthy diet since young. In Singapore, Ministry of
Health not only ordered plump children to exercise more to lose weight, but
much deeper than that, they also educate youngsters about
healthy diet.
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