The health care system is collapsing due to the large number of overweight citizens that suffer from some diseases. Many people argue that the most reasonable way to solve this issue is by the introduction of more sports hours in the school curriculum. From my point of view, I strongly agree that the best way to tackle this issue of deteriorating public health in relation to weight should be by doing more physical activity.
Firstly, the addition of extra hours of physical education will force the students to do sports regularly during all the school period, resulting in less cases of obesity and weight problems in the future. This method will ensure that the next generations will be healthier and will reduce health problems. Indeed, it has been proved by many studies that doing exercise regularly decreases the risk of cardiovascular diseases and stress, as well as increases the self-steam and improves the cognitive development.
Another point to take into consideration is that having more sports lessons for children at school may create habits in the long-term. Most of the habits that adults have were developed during their childhood and, doing sports it is not the exception. In other words, a child that is more exposed to sports might be more prone to develop an interest and make it a habit when he grows up. In addition, children that are more involved in sports might filter through to other members of the family or their closest circle to practice some sport, enhancing a longer lasting effect in the society.
On balance, to deal with an increasing population of unfit, overweight people, changing the lifestyle of the coming generation by rising the hours of sports at school might be an optimal and practical solution to tackle this problem. Exercising more during childhood will prevent adults from future generations to get some cardiovascular diseases and can create long-term habits that may have a positive impact in the society.