The Importance Of Physical Exercise

Nowadays, children and teenagers prefer to spend their time on social media or in front of TV rather than to do something physically active. They said there is no time for playing sports or doing exercises because they have lots of duties and homework. Some parents do not pay attention on their children body, and they do not motivate their children to do exercises, or teach them about the benefits of sports and exercises. Moreover, they let their children do whatever they want in the pastime. While other parents encourage their children to do exercises and they teach them about the benefits of sports and physical exercises. Some people say that parents are responsible about teaching their children physical exercises at home, and there is …show more content…
Lots of studies show that lack of sports and exercises may lead to obesity which cause numerous illness. According to Centers for Disease Control Prevention website (2013) adolescents obesity lead to both short-term and long-term effects on health and well-being, obese adolescents are more likely to have diabetes stigmatization and poor self-esteem. Also, they will be at risk of heart disease and many types of cancer. In fact, lots of children these days are suffering from obesity. For example, my younger brother used to be fat when he was at high school, because he liked to eat junk food, and he was lazy to do exercises. Therefore, regular physical exercises may be the best way to prevent this from developing worse. Furthermore, many children are relatively easily infected by infectious disease such as cold. For instance, when I was in high school my immune system was very poor, so the doctor told me I have to regularly do any kind of sports and exercises because that is the best way to improve my immune system and make me stronger. Students spend half of their time at school; therefore, the ideal places for doing exercises is in a school …show more content…
Learning a kind of sport is very important to one’s quality of life and also career development. School education is much formal than other education, accordingly students will receive sports education of high quality, which may lead to students’ finding interest in a certain sport and better performance in that. Some students may have a talent in some kind of sports, and they do not know about it. If physical exercises provided at school, they will discover their talent and may develop it in the future. Additionally, It is widely conceivable that excellent performance may serve as a great help to making friends. If students meet other students who have the same interests, they will easily be friends. More friends means more people will help you out when you are in trouble. Also, friends may participate together to build their own business or to seek for suitable job. Thus, sports can help develop future