Sedentary lifestyle has been the order of the day recently, which has become a concern to medical doctors around the world. This essay will discuss contributing factors and suggest solutions to the problem.
Improvement in technology has brought a lot of advancements that make things done with the aids of electric or automatic means. Unlike in the past when humans do virtually all things manually. Nowadays, people drive cars to and fro their places of work instead of trecking. For example, in Africa, people manually pound yam to eat, unlike now that we have some electronic gadgets which can make it within few minutes with less stress. In addition, people are actually ignorant of the health risk associated with not being physically fit. Also, some wealthy people lack orientation so they believe it is a sign of good living when they have people to send on errant while they sit down in a place.
However, there are ways in which this increasing trend can be addressed. Firstly, there should be enlightenment for people to know the importance of keeping their body exercised, so also with the health problems associated with lack of physical activities like, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity to mention but a few which have been the leading causes of dead worldwide. There should be recreational centers with facilities for people to have regular access to exercise at least once a week. Early morning jogging should be encouraged as well.
In summary, advancement in technology has rendered many people physically inactive nowadays which is medically unwise. However, people should get orientation on the benefits of exercise and risk of absence of it.
Sedentary lifestyle has been the order of the day recently, which has become a concern to medical doctors around the world. This essay will discuss contributing factors and suggest solutions to the problem.
Improvement in technology has brought
a lot of
advancements that
make
things done with the aids of electric or automatic means. Unlike in the past when humans do
virtually
all things
manually
. Nowadays,
people
drive cars to and fro their places of work
instead
of
trecking
.
For example
, in Africa,
people
manually
pound yam to eat, unlike
now
that we have
some
electronic gadgets which can
make
it within few minutes with less
stress
.
In addition
,
people
are actually ignorant of the health
risk
associated with not being
physically
fit.
Also
,
some
wealthy
people
lack orientation
so
they believe it is a
sign
of
good
living when they have
people
to
send
on errant while they sit down in a place.
However
, there are ways in which this increasing trend can
be addressed
.
Firstly
, there should be enlightenment for
people
to know the importance of keeping their body exercised,
so
also
with the health problems associated with lack of physical activities like, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity to mention
but
a few which have been the leading causes of dead worldwide. There should be recreational centers with facilities for
people
to have regular access to exercise at least once a week. Early morning jogging should
be encouraged
as well
.
In summary, advancement in technology has rendered
many
people
physically
inactive nowadays which is
medically
unwise.
However
,
people
should
get
orientation on the benefits of exercise and
risk
of absence of it.