1. What benefits do people derive from doing exercise?
Exercise stimulates various brain chemicals, which may leave you feeling happier and more relaxed than you were before you worked out. You will look better and feel better when you exercise regularly, which can boost your confidence and improve your self-esteem. Exercise even reduces feelings of depression and anxiety. Regular exercise can help you prevent or manage high blood pressure. Your cholesterol will benefit, too. Exercise delivers oxygen and nutrients to your tissues. In fact, regular exercise helps your entire cardiovascular system work more efficiently.
2. What do you think will be the physical effects if children spend all their time sitting in front of a TV or computer?
Health experts have long linked excessive TV-watching to obesity. While watching TV, kids are inactive and tend to snack. They're also attracted by ads that encourage them to eat unhealthy foods, such as potato chips and empty-calorie soft drinks that often become preferred snack foods. Potential hazards to youngsters include an increased risk of obesity and heart disease from higher cholesterol, caused by the lack of exercise. Over-stimulating the senses by watching television can also upset sleep patterns. Other risks include poor concentration and learning problems, as a result of poor intellectual stimulation.
3. Do you think companies should provide more facilities for people to exercise at work?
I think companies should endorse fitness, and if they did people would participate. This would lead to more interaction between employees and would increase cooperation. It would also provide multiple benefits to the staff and company. Those who are physically active tend to be more productive, in better moods, and are typically sharper than those who don't. It would also decrease the number of sick days that employees take off.
4. Do you think the government should spend money to provide more exercise facilities for the people?
No, I do not think that the government should spend money on exercise facilities for people. The government has more important things to spend its funds on, such as public health care, education, and transportation. People need to take responsibility for their own health and physical fitness and not rely on others to do it for them. If more people begin to use fitness facilities business owners will begin to open more facilities and government funding wouldn’t be needed. We should also implement more physical awareness in our schools, so that people learn early in life that physical fitness is important.
