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Despite a variety of sport facilities and gyms, people are less fit nowadays than ever before. What do you think are the main causes of this problem? What solutions can you suggest?

#variety #sport #facilities #gyms #people
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 a good habit of doing
sports
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main
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 factors to
have
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 a
health
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 body. Nowadays, more and more
people
more
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 likely to stay at home rather than spent time
on
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doing
sports
. As far as I am concerned, there are several reasons that lead
people
get
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 rid of training, and it is necessary to deal with
this
 problem
by
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 some solutions. With the rapid development of technology,
people
 become lazier to do lots of
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 in their life. In the past, teenagers can only play electronic games on
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the computer
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computer
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, and it is more
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 for them to enjoy games on smartphones recently.
Although
 those children decided to go outdoor,
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they have
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a higher
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 time
on
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playing games
instead
 of playing basketball. Another reason is that
people
 have
high
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 degree of
depends
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 on high technology devices to control their weight and health. Transfer from active activities to passive way like some
sport
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sports
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 facilities that can make some
affect
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 to human’s body which give
people
 different viewpoint about
sports
. Those situations
such
 as wrong perspectives and
phenomenon
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 that should
be solve
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. Regular exercise and limited time on
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a smartphone
the smartphone
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smartphone
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smartphones
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 are
essential
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an essential
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habit
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habits
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 for
people
 to have. Parents should notice
about
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their children’s daily routine, which
need
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needs
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 to have a healthy schedule
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that include
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include
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including
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 different kinds of outdoor activities.
However
,
people
 should think about technology can help our lives but cannot provide appropriate exercise without
people
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 part in
the
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sports
 in person. In conclusion, the
numbers
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 of
people
do
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 exercise
were
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 fewer than before. While I think there comes
with
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some specific causes
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that contribute
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contribute
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contributing
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 to
this
 problem,
and
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it
also
have
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has
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 some
method
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 to get rid of
this
 bad habit.
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