Sports programmes are hugely popular on television nowadays. But some people argue that these programmes are to blame for the poor health of many young people who prefer to watch rather than part take in physical activity. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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In our modern society,
phisical
involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
physical
activity is
gettig
the act of acquiring something
getting
more and more important because of the relevance
on
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of
to
the quality of life. From
one
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side, obesity is
one
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of the main factors of mortality in developed countries, while younger people practice less
sport
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than in the past. To
this
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extend, some
peole
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
people
are arguing that
television
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have had
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has had
a bad impact and
in particular
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people prefer watching
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sport
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sports
programs rather than do it
themself
reflexive form of "them"
themselves
. In my opinion,
this
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is not true for two reasons. The
first
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one
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is that people watching at
sport
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programmes
in
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on
TV are often
also
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practicing the same activity, even if they are not athletes. If you have a hobby,
for instance
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, like a
sport
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, probably you would
also
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like to be updated and to follow your
favorites
something regarded with special favor or liking
favourite
player or team. For
this
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kind of watcher, sports programmes on
television
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have no impact on their
health
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.
On the contrary
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, they increase their interest in
sport
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.
On the other hand
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, if you are a lazy person, probably, you will prefer to follow a
sport
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programme rather than take part in a
specifical
(sometimes followed by 'to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
specific
activity. In any case,
this
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people
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person
is not interested in
sport
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, so the main problem in not represented by watching
television
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, but by the lack of interest. In these cases, a better education will provide the necessary information to tackle obesity and avoid
health
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diseases. In conclusion, if it is undeniable that
television
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contributes to the bad habits of the
moder
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
modern
mother
life and it is
one
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the main causes of
health
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diseases,
such
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as obesity, it is
also
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true that people practising a
sport
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are
also
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intersted
having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern
interested
in watching programmes related
on
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to
their
favorite
something regarded with special favor or liking
favourite
sport
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. For these
reason
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reasons
, I do not agree with the statement that nowadays
sport
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programmes on
television
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should be blamed and are damaging population
health
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.
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