Synthesis Essay On Technology

Today in the 21st century technology is very important, it is something that young children were born with and have known all throughout their lives but technology has advanced and keeps advancing day by day and the more technology advances the more people that use it. Many of the technology users are children and the more children use technology the more people blame childhood obesity on technology. Blaming childhood obesity on technology is easy because many of today’s children are very active in technology and many of today’s children also suffer from childhood obesity. However technology does not affect childhood obesity like many people believe, technology is actually used to offer children a way to stay active, and keep them motivated …show more content…
Another way technology does not cause childhood obesity is that many people use technology as a way to stay active. If technology caused childhood obesity then why do people use treadmills to exercise, a treadmill is a type of technology, and it is one of the main ways many people exercise. Not only that but many people use technology while exercising. One of the ways people use technology is that many listen to music while running in order to motivate them to keep going and not get bored. In the article, “Music in Exercise Domain: A Review and Synthesis Part 1” a study tested the effect of motivational music on muscular endurance and it was proven that music allows more endurance. The participants did high intensity exercise and those who had music lasted doing exercise longer than those without. This type of technology helps many children and adults exercise. Another type of technology that also helps while exercising is watching television. Many gyms have televisions at the front of the treadmills or the working out site, so why would the thing that many people suggest causes childhood obesity be in gyms? The answer is obviously not to make them obese but to make them get distracted so that they don’t get bored of exercising. Television and music motivates children to exercise by giving them an opportunity to pay attention to something else while they are exercising so that they don’t get tired as fast. This proves that