Today young people are not as healthy as they were 50 years ago (Сочинения ЕГЭ английский язык)

It is a widespread opinion claiming that a generation that lived several decades ago was more steady and physically developed than people we see now. Concerning this statement, we can reveal two opposite points of view. There are those who are sure that a human’s body has been affected greatly, so the overall state of people’s health now is worse than it was before. This idea is proved with different scientific statistics which actually confirm the thoughts. Whereas others believe that such ideas belong to old-timers who are just used to claim that everything starting with food and finishing with a government was better at the times of their youth. They believe that there is nothing wrong about our body and such a brief period couldn’t affect it.

Speaking about me, I think that I stick to the first group.

Our body state has altered a lot due to the changes in external conditions. As our lifestyle changes, so do you. It’s quite logic because our body is permanently adjusting to changes around. Firstly, I want to ask you a question. Do you know many people who have never worn glasses or lenses? I’m sure that we all have at least two acquaintances who have bad eyesight. The word ‘laser eye correction’ which scared us earlier, is not something frightful anymore. There are huge queues of people waiting for getting this treatment. What reason lies under it? Now there is hardly a person without a cellphone. Every day we come across hundreds of displays including TV, laptops, computers and tablets. Apart from it, the majority of people has a genetic predisposition to eyes illnesses, so their eyesight is bound to get worse and worse. Even if they heal their eyes, there will be a high probability that their children inherit this illness. Modern technology continues developing, so I think that the number of eyes problems will increase. Let’s have a look at the physical state of a modern person. Every year there are a lot of new professions appear, while the dated ones disappear. As our economic sphere is also filled with computers which save tones of valuable information, there is a need in people who can work with IT-technologies. It is not a secret that IT-sphere is the most promising one. Freelance thrives now, so people tend to lint their profession with computers. As a result, we used to lead a sedentary lifestyle. Some of us spend hours sitting in front of a screen with no sport activity. That’s why our physical training is not normal. But if you look at your mom’s photos you’ll see slim teens in a good shape. That’s because their life conditions differed from those that we have now.

However, there are people who disagree with this point of view. They are sure that modern people are less likely to have any health problems. Firstly, fashion says its’ own rules. More and more people, particularly teens tend to follow new trends. And among the latest trends, there is also a ‘healthy lifestyle’. As soon as drugs and cigarettes had appeared they became popular because it was something new for people. But now they do not boast about how many cigarettes they smoke per day, but how many hours they spend at a gym. In addition to it, Russia legislation carefully controls everything that refers to alcohol and smoking. Rules have become stricter, fines have increased. So it is not only out-of-fashion to have a bad habit, but also unprofitable.

Nevertheless, I cannot agree with this opinion completely. People now are much weaker than they were 50 years ago because of different reasons. We are not as active and athletic as our relatives were and we also have more illnesses at such a young age.

In conclusion, I want to underline than our health is invaluable. Despite the fact that we have to spend hours at the screen working or studying, we should find some time for our body. People who lived 50 years ago were more active and their life conditions were different, but we shouldn’t put up with it.