Speech on Improving Health by Walking

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Title: Improving Health By Walking Speaker: Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to start walking to improve their health. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: We live an automated life: dishwashers, riding lawnmowers, and remote controls. Most product and services are geared towards convenience with the byproduct of inactivity. While these luxuries have been welcomed by the masses, they have also been accused of turning us into passive, sluggish couch potatoes. B. Establishment of Ethos: As a reformed couch potato myself, I know how easy it is to slip into inactivity. I also understand how sluggish and lazy this type of lifestyle can make me feel. Building up to the routine of walking daily has helped to change these feelings for the better. Transition: Today I would like to urge you to get off of that couch and start walking for better health. II. Need A. On average, adults watch between 15 and 18 hours of TV a week. 1. This means we spend approximately 40% of our leisure time in front of the TV. 2. Ironically, some research shows that we don’t really like many of the shows that we watch. B. An article done back in March of 1994 reports that there is evidence that our sedentary lifestyle is bad for our mental and emotional state of mind. 1. Studies indicate that people are experiencing higher bouts of depression that in in the 18th and 19th centuries when work and life were considered more difficult. 2. The article also reports that 12.6% of Americans suffer from anxiety and another 9.5% suffer from serious depression. C. Our eating habits, combined with our lack of exercise is
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