WIN-ECW: Cause and Effect Composition

NO MORE OBESE KIDS IN THE USA
(cause and effect composition)

(introductory paragraph) New York, Dec. 26th, 2060. The last American overweight kid has lost weight! Five years ago, about 80% of American children were morbidly obese. American children were getting fatter and fatter because mostly ate junk food and didn’t exercise at all. The government decided to do something drastic: they closed down all of the junk food factories and fast food restaurants and outlawed all children’s TV programs and computer games, introducing the obligatory 2-hour daily exercise. That’s was the only way to get American children back to health. The result: there are no more overweight children in America.

(the situation before) Too many American children were overweight. There were many reasons for that: they ate too much junk food that was high in calories, sugar and fat. An average child consumed about 3000 extra calories in junk food, eating probably about 500g of terrible food. Another reason for children’s obesity was that they hardly got any exercise and spent too much time in front of the TV or playing computer games, on average about 6 hours a day. They barely moved anywhere.

(the event: what happened?) In 2005, the Government decided to do something drastic: they closed down all factories that were producing junk food. Also, all MacDonald’s shops, Taco Bells, KFC’s, Burger Kings – closed down forever. In their place, new factories and restaurants that produced only high-quality, healthy food were open. Kids can no longer enjoy Mars Bars and Snickers. Instead they can buy packages of sliced apples or carrots, as well as tiny containers of nuts and dry fruit. If they go to MacDonalds’s the only food they can order are salads and low-fat foods. They cannot buy computer games and TV sets anymore. They also had to give their old ones to the government. Special forces, men dressed in vegetable-patterned uniforms, went from home to home, destroying and taking away kids’ gadgets. Instead, kids could buy and have fun on trampolines, exercise balls and other gym equipment. Also, the law forced the parents to bring their children for daily 2-hour exercise sessions at their local gyms.

(the situation after) Five years after the program was introduced, the obesity rate has dramatically gone down. Now it is non-existent. The last obese child, Chubby Chubbs from New York, reached his healthy weight yesterday. There was a huge party organized in his honour and in honour of all newly slim kids. The Mayor of New York was present. However, it was a party with no junk food and sugary juices – only fresh fruits and veggies. The children, looking very healthy, fit and full of energy were running around and jumping up and down. When asked if they miss computer games and junk food, some confessed that they still did a little, while other, the younger kids, didn’t even know what these were. In conclusion, the controversial government program to stop the child obesity in the USA seems to have brought wonderful results.