Some people say that increasing the number of sports facilities will greatly enhance public health. However, others oppose this view and believe that it will only help to some extent and other more effective measures are required to ensure public health. I strongly support the latter view.
There are people who opine that increasing the number of sports facilities will contribute to the betterment of public health. By this initiative, the government can motivate people to participate in various sports and become physically active and mentally fit. For example, sports will help them to burn out their excess calories and also provide an opportunity to interact with others, which in turn, enhance their psycho-social well-being.
Having said that, the majority of people believe that sports facilities alone cannot ensure the health of people. This is because the public comprises of people of different age-groups right from infants to seniors and it is not possible to ensure the participation of all of them in sports.
On the other hand, facilities like vaccination campaigns, free medical check-up, distribution of health supplements and health education classes at public places will deliver better results. For instance, medical students conduct free health camps at public places on occasions like ‘World Diabetes Day’. Another case in point is the midday meal programme launched by the government of India in 1995. It provides free lunches to students in all government schools with the aim of improving their nutritional status. This scheme has not only encouraged parents to send their child to school but also resulted in enhancement of their health status. Therefore, it is evident that other measures contribute more to public health than sports facilities.
To conclude, though sports facilities enhance public health to some extent, other measures such as creating health awareness and offering free or subsidised healthcare are much more effective.
Some
people
say that increasing the number of
sports
facilities will
greatly
enhance
public
health
.
However
, others oppose this view and believe that it will
only
help
to
some
extent and
other
more effective measures
are required
to ensure
public
health
. I
strongly
support the latter view.
There are
people
who opine that increasing the number of
sports
facilities will contribute to the betterment of
public
health
. By this initiative, the
government
can motivate
people
to participate in various
sports
and become
physically
active and mentally fit.
For example
,
sports
will
help
them to burn out their excess calories and
also
provide an opportunity to interact with others, which in turn, enhance their psycho-social well-being.
Having said that, the majority of
people
believe that
sports
facilities alone cannot ensure the
health
of
people
. This is
because
the
public
comprises of
people
of
different
age-groups right from infants to seniors and it is not possible to ensure the participation of all of them in sports.
On the
other
hand, facilities like vaccination campaigns,
free
medical
check
-up, distribution of
health
supplements and
health
education classes at
public
places will deliver better results.
For instance
, medical students conduct
free
health
camps at
public
places on occasions like ‘World Diabetes Day’. Another case in point is the midday meal
programme
launched by the
government
of India in 1995. It provides
free
lunches to students in all
government
schools with the aim of improving their nutritional status. This scheme has not
only
encouraged parents to
send
their child to school
but
also
resulted in enhancement of their
health
status.
Therefore
, it is evident that
other
measures contribute more to
public
health
than
sports
facilities.
To conclude
, though
sports
facilities enhance
public
health
to
some
extent,
other
measures such as creating
health
awareness and offering
free
or
subsidised
healthcare are much more effective.