argument145-G-89-互助社-8.12日同主题写作

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145A 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.

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In this argument, the arguer recommends that anyone who snores should try to eat less than the average person and to exercise more. To support this recommendation the arguer cites the following facts: (1)a new study collected data that shows that people who snore are more likely to gain weight than are people who do not snore;(2)many people who snore also stop breathing frequently during the night for a few seconds, a condition called sleep apnea;(3)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. Close scrutiny of these facts, however, reveals that none of them lend effective support to the recommendation.

First, the statistical reliability of the new study is questionable. The number of participants, which does not appear in the argument, might constitute an insufficiently small sample to draw any reliable conclusions about the weight problems of people who snore. Also, the sample might be unrepresentative of all people since the arguer does not inform us that what kind of people has been studied. Moreover, perhaps it is other reasons such as having unhealthy diet and doing little exercise that cause people to gain weight. If so, these facts would further undermine the study's relevance in drawing the conclusion that anyone who snores should try to eat less  than average person and to exercise more.

Secondly, the interruption of breathing is little indication that people who snore are too tired during the day to exercise. The arguer provides no evidence about the tiredness of people who snore during the day. Lacking such evidence it is entirely possible that few people who snore feel tired during the day. Or perhaps people who snore feel tired during the day due to other reasons, such as over-load work or illness. Since the argument fails to show credible evidence, the arguer can not convice us no the basis of it that people who snore are too tired during the day to exercise, let alone anyone who snores should try to eat less than the average person and to exercise more.

Thirdly, even assuming that 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, yet the argument contains no evidence to support this recommendation that  anyone who snores should try to eat less than the average person and to exercise more. The arguer does not consider the side effective of this recommendation that if people who snore eat less and exercise more, it is entirely possible that they will get sick instead of health, since they are very tired. In contrary, they should eat more and have a rest , which are good to their health.

To sum up, the argument is logically flawed and therefore unconvincing as it stands. To strengthen it the arguer must provide better evidence that the study is effective, and the interruption of breathing is the cause of people's tiredness. I would also need the information which can prove that less food and more exercise  do not bring harm to the health of people who snore.