In order to prepare for the Cambridge Advanced Exam, I wrote an essay on the issue of the importance of physical exercise and on the ways the government could encourage people to get active.
I would be grateful if there were someone to check on it and correct my mistakes (and maybe comment on my style of writing and the usage of vocabulary as well!
)Thank you in advance, Alexandra
Ischaemic heart disease, obesity, diabetes and back pain - these are just some of the countless consequences a lack of physical exercise can have on people. Due to this fact, there has been an interesting debate on how the government could intervene and encourage people to take more exercise. In this essay, two of the proposed methods are going to be discussed.
One idea suggested during the debate is that exercise facilities should be free and therefore accessible by everyone. In my opinion, this might motivate even those people who are not willing or simply cannot afford to pay for a fitness centre every month. On the other hand, there are a lot of people who even pay for those facilities, but hardly find enough time to attend them regularly. Having this in mind, one can assume that those people would neither go to the fitness centre if the access was free.
Another proposal that has been indroduced was those of educating the population on the harmful consequences a lack of physical exertion may have and which kind of sport could suit them best. I consider this to be a more effective approach to encourage people to exercise on a regular basis, as this might make people think of the negative outcome their lazy lifestyle may have on their health. Furthermore, I claim that schools are to offer an additional sports programme at their facilities, because this gives their students the opportunity to try out different forms of sports.
To sum it up, I opt for the establishment of educational programmes on the benefits of regular exercise rather than for free facilities. I consider the former to be the most effective means to convince people that habitual exercise is an efficient prevention not only of heart diseases, but of several other serious illnesses.
