Passage: Community sports facilities remain scarce in many urban neighborhoods, pushing children and young adults toward increasingly sedentary lifestyles. Public health officials link this trend to rising rates of childhood obesity and related illnesses. A handful of local governments have begun converting vacant plots into small sports grounds, though funding constraints have slowed the pace of expansion considerably. Question: What is the author’s tone regarding the scarcity of community sports facilities?

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Passage: Community sports facilities remain scarce in many urban neighborhoods, pushing children and young adults toward increasingly sedentary lifestyles. Public health officials link this trend to rising rates of childhood obesity and related illnesses. A handful of local governments have begun converting vacant plots into small sports grounds, though funding constraints have slowed the pace of expansion considerably. Question: What is the author&#8217;s tone regarding the scarcity of community sports facilities?

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Concerned. The passage links facility scarcity to 'rising rates of childhood obesity and related illnesses', conveying a concerned tone

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