Application Qns 4

The authors raised several reasons why they think people today need exercise. Do you agree with them? Justify your answer.

I agree very much with the author that people today need exercise. In fact I feel that there is an increasing need to do so. The way of lifestyle and diet that people are having nowadays are affecting our health greatly. We eat food that has high animal fat, processed sugar and salt, and we sit in the office all day long typing away. This has lead to increasing problems of obesity, constipation hypertension etc.

Yes, prevention is the best possible area for our attention. However, many may ask, so how do we prevent? Eating pills? Many of the people who do not have time for exercise due to work are eating health supplements or diet pills. The side effects of these pills are forgotten at times. It may not be seen in short term but in long term, the effects start to show. Thus I can say that exercising should be the way to prevent individuals from health problems. Like what we always say, prevention is better than cure. We do not wait till we have health problems then we try to use medicine to cure it. We should not be over reliant on the medicine we have.

Like what the author have said, humans have changed from highly active “hunter-gardener” to “homosedentarius”. The modern lifestyle we are leading has caused our body to be metabolically alienated, unable to cope with the sudden change in the environment. Thus we have to start exercising as we have been neglecting it. By exercising, we will be able to get our body in a better state for work and it allows us to start our day fresh and face the day on a happier note. After work, exercising will slow down the pace of your day and relax your tensed up muscles. Isn’t this better than drinking beer at pubs? At least you don’t get hangovers.

To sum it up, we need to start exercising. Also, we should try to change the diet we are having now. Having a healthier diet would help prevent you from getting diseases and thus exercising would complement it. Singapore has launched “The National Healthy Lifestyle Programme” in 1992. Be a part of it!