Some people say that the best way to improve public health is by increasing the number of sport facilities. Others, however, say that this would have little effect on public health and that other measures are required. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Some argue that building more places where
people
can play sports
is the most effective way to improve the health
of the population while others claim that this
would have only a negligible effect on public health
. This
essay agrees with the latter rather than the former view, however
, both of them will be analyzed.
It is certainly true, that building a new sports
facility
has positive effects on people
's behaviour. For example
, if the new facility
allows playing a sport that was not possible to practice before then
people
that do not play any sport would be able to try it for the first
time and some of them can get engaged and start playing it. Therefore
, this
can make otherwise
sedentary people
exercise. However
, the majority of the changes that the new facility
brings are only temporary or they make only a little difference. Returning to the example, uncommon sports
are only played by a reduced number of people
and most of the new players quit practising the sport in the first
months.
On the other hand
, other measures such
as teaching sports
and the importance of doing exercise in high school and college have proved to be more effective. Making people
aware of the importance of playing sports
is something that can create an everlasting change in their behaviour because learning the devastating effects that sedentarism has on health
can make people
start a new healthier lifestyle. Additionally
, there are other measures that are not related at all to sports
because health
is not only dependent on the amount of physical activity but also
on diet, stress level and the consumption of drugs. Those are other factors that must be taken into account in order to develop ideas to improve public health
.
To conclude, even though building a new sports
facility
can be positive, other measures such
as teaching about health
in school can be more effective because their effects last
longer and reach more people
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