Live Longer! Studies show that people who engage in exercise live an average of 3 to 7 years longer than people who do not! The more often you exercise, the greater you reduce your personal risk of cancer and diabetes People who exercise as little as 15 minutes a day have a 14% lower mortality risk than people who don’t exercise at all Thesis: People exercise less today, decreasing their health and quality of life. Introduction: From a biological standpoint: when we exercise in any way, we put our muscles, bones, lungs, and heart under stress, causing them to strengthen. When we leave our body without the strenght it needs, it is more suseptible to diseases and illnesses. Evidence to support this argument “Exercise has a favorable effect on virtually all risk factors of cardiovascular disease,” says Jonathan Meyers, a health research scientist at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health System in California. The reason, he says: when a person exercises, the heart muscle contracts forcefully and frequently increasing blood flow through the arteries. This leads to subtle changes in the autonomic nervous system, which controls the contraction and relaxation of these vessels. This fine-tuning leads to a lower resting heart rate (fewer beats to pump blood through the body), lower blood pressure and more variable heart rate, all factors that lower the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Final Position/conclusion Restate important evidence supporting what side of the contraversy or what position you are advocating. Argument 2 - use your own title Only 19% of high school students are active for more than 20 minutes a day 25% of adults in America are not active at all Engage in Exercise! Literature Cited Famous Scientist Important literature. Important Journal 12: A Picture or a Map would be a nice addition here. Give credit if the photo is not yours, and provide a short caption in small text below the photo that describes what it is. Group name Person Name, Person Name, Person Name, Person Name A Picture or a Map would be a nice addition here. Delete this textbox and add a graphic. This does not need to be a figure from your paper, any eye-catching, relevant graphic will do. There will be space here for a picture below the text Figure 1. Don’t forget to number and title your figures. Another Figure Another figure or Graphic Another figure or Graphic Figure 2. Don’t forget to number and title your figures. Evidence to support this argument More than 60 percent of U.S. Adults do not engage in the recommended amount of activity Physical activity is more common among: Women than men African American and Hispanic adults than whites Older than younger adults Less affluent than more affluent people Social Support from family and friends has been consistently and positively related to regular physical activity. There will be space here for a picture below the text Figure 3. Don’t forget to number and title your figures. Another Figure Figure 4. Don’t forget to number and title your figures.