Argument145. A new study collected data that shows that people who snore are more likely to gain weight than are people who do not snore. It is well known that many people who snore also stop breathing frequently during the night for a few seconds, a condition called sleep apnea. The interruption of breathing wakes the person-often so briefly that the waking goes unnoticed-and can leave the person too tired during the day to exercise. Anyone who snores, therefore, should try to eat less than the average person and to exercise more.
In this argument, the speaker claims that people who snore should try to eat less than the average person and to exercise more. Because a new study shows that people who snore are more likely to gain weight than people who do not snore. The speaker also points out that many people who snore stop breathing frequently during the night for a few seconds. And the interruption can leave the person too tired during the day to exercise. However, I find the argument unpersuasive in many aspects.
To begin with, the validity of the study is doubtful. Lacking any information about the people surveyed, we have good reasons to doubt if the sample is representative of the overall people who snore. Perhaps some people who snore are not fatter than people who do not snore. Also, there are many other factors that could let people gain weight. The speaker fails to rule out other possibilities. The argument is greatly weakened.
The fact that many people who snore stop breathing frequently during the night for a few seconds lends no support to the argument. The speaker fails to provide any evidence to prove that the interruption can leave the person too tired during the day to exercise. Perhaps this interruption does not let people feel tired during the day. The argument is further weakened.
Also the speaker fails to prove that people who snare do not exercise during the day. Perhaps that these people still make many exercise during the day. Without the enough information, it is impossible to access the validity of the results that people who snore are too tired to exercise during the day.
Even if that people who snore really are fatter than people who do not snore. They are already too tired to exercise during the day. The claim that advises them to eat less than the average person and to exercise more may be not good at their health.
To sum up, the argument is unconvincing as it stands. To bolster the argument the speaker should provide sufficient data about the study. The speaker also should prove that people who snore really are too tired to exercise during the day. And then provide a sound advice to these people to control the weight.