Write a magazine article aimed at teenager persuading them to exercise more.

you one of the teenagers who has nightmares about performing even the smallest amount of exercise? Well not to worry! This article aims to make you see the benefits of a healthy and active lifestyle. I bet some of you are sitting their now, chocolate bar in hand, thinking: "there's no way on Earth I need to do exercise, so what if I'm a little bit overweight?". Well you're wrong. The rate of obesity is on the rise and continue to: unless something is done about it. Obesity may just be a name to you: a label to the fatties who wonder around the canteen, shaking the foundations as they move with the sheer size of their body. Well let me tell you: for the people who have obesity it's far more serious than a few fun and games at the lunch hall. Obesity is a disease that causes great strain on the heart and as a result: suffers put their life at risk eveyday. Regular exercise will reduce your chances of getting the deadly disease and also lower the effects and help you to recover if you already have it. It's simple: exercise saves lives! If that's not enough persuasion for you to drop that TV remote and run 30 laps around your garden then you're a tough customer, but don't worry: I have just the ticker for you. What's the most important thing to a teenager of today? Is it money? Is it grades? Or what about popularity amongst the opposite sex? Well there's no turning away from the it: looks and sexual appeal are very high up on the list of teenagers priorities. I hate to break it to you but those love handles aren't attractive; neither are those chubby fingers nor that muffin top dangling over your jeans. Trust me, looking you've not done any exercise since the day you were born is not a look the opposite sex find attractive. I know all too well. I was a chubby teenager and never had any luck with the girls. There was this one girl I liked (her name escapes me, probably through the pain of hearing it) who always turned me down with the excuse "I don't like fatties, go away". She broke my heart, don't let it happen to you: get fit! So we know no being unfit isn't good for the heart in more ways than one: but what about the head? Statistics show that teenagers who don't participate in any form of exercise are 10 times more likely to develop depression as appose to those who do. That's alarming and can have disastrous consequences: suicide being the ultimate. Doing exercise isn't all hark work: there's a social side to it too. You can meet new friends, friends that become best friends and who knows, friends that become more than best friends. The possibilities are endless! So what are you waiting for? Get out and there and do some exercise. It's simple! The rewards you reap from all this are second to none: you'll be meeting new people, getting a better look and most importantly of all, pro long your life. You don't want to end up on a hospital bed clinging on for life, do you? Make a change before it's too late. Believe me: it's worth it!