These unhealthy choices made by schools are some that may affect the youth's’ wellness, health, and increase obesity. In a day, there are three main meals essential to maintain proper wellness; students spend…
Locked up: should teens be tried as adults? (2008, 04 12) Weekly Reader publication p 1…
The purpose of this study emphasizes on both, the positive and the negative impacts of playing video games on the teenagers. Over the last 30 years video games have made an impact on the way teenagers spend their leisure time. This research hypothesizes that social interaction, psychological, in particular aggressive behavior, health and academic performance is greatly affected by the extensive use of video gaming. The research proposal is further supported by the literature review of various articles including an article by Brandon T, which states that video games influence the beliefs and self esteem of children. In another article by Steven J Krish, it was proven that a positive relationship prevails between video gaming and self aggression, among the age groups of 11-17. In order to prove our hypothesis, both the primary and secondary research was conducted. The primary research was followed by questionnaires that were distributed among the targeted group and also an interview was conducted with a gaming technical. Our secondary research consisted of various articles. The information narrowed down brought very sensitive issues into the limelight. It was observed that almost 72 % of the teenagers suffered from acute aggression, bad grades and health issues, thus proving our hypothesis correct. However only strategic games were given a positive response as they sharpen the minds of the players but on the whole the negative effects overshadow the positive side of…
Nowadays, teens are getting so overweight that they are becoming obese at a point where theses two articles examine if it is the fast-food issue or else. Results may seem that the parents of these kids play a major role in this situation. After reading the two articles, “Eating problems in young children” and “Preventing childhood obesity: what are we doing right? ”, it exists several similarities between both of them, and also their approach on what they can do to prevent our children. One of the similarities between them is the fact that they talk about how to do change on the people weight toward obesity. They want to take a step forward about it and give other people awareness about obesity. They explained how being obese is dangerous and it causes serious diseases like heart disease, diabetes and also cancer. Second of all both of them aimed at the children’s parent and also the schools. Lastly, they both want to decrease the children’s weight in order to not get infected by obesity.…
The importance of establishing health promoting practices during childhood and adolescence has long been recognized by nutritionists and other health professionals. The purpose of this paper is to investigate further the issues relating to adolescents' diets and contributing factors. Contributing factors include the increase of fast food consumption, unconventional meal patterns and lack of exercise. During adolescence, the influences on eating habits are numerous. The growing independence of adolescents, increased participation in social life and a generally busy schedule of activities have a great impact on food intake.�In the September 2007 issue of 'Health Promotion International', a survey of 18,486 secondary school students at 322 schools across all Australian states (except Western Australia) has found that a significant proportion of students fall short of current, national dietary and physical activity recommendations for teenagers.…
It seems as though the purpose of this study is to inform or let the reader know about the statistics behind childhood obesity and the junk food available at schools. They may have wanted the reader to be aware of the risks of childhood obesity that comes directly from the foods that their child may be buying from the schools vending machines or from the a la carte options. This is believed to truly not be the reasons for the increase in obesity of children. This articles purpose is to make it aware that it could also come from what they are eating outside the schools and what type of exercise they are getting (Datar, A, & Nicosia, N 2012).…
Eating healthy is important for many reasons, it will promote intellectual development in children and adolescents prevent major health problems from developing and ensure a long and healthy life style. This research paper will introduce the importance of forming a healthy eating habit from a young age onto the senior years and will also point out some of the negative effects not eating healthy can cause such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, obesity, iron deficiency anemia, dental caries, under-nutrition, and eating disorders.…
Healthy eating can stabilize children’s energy, sharpen their minds and help them focus. Healthy eating again relies on factors that include family financial eligibility i.e. If they can afford good nutrition. Cultural i.e what family background believes in eating habits, social aspects. Working parents relying on junk and ready meals for children ,unawareness of parenting skills deprives children. Fewer hobbies/ activities compared to longer TV or gaming times are key destroyers. The negative behaviour development can leave children either with lack of appetite or comfort eating to tackle their depression and stress. Childhood obesity and peer pressure can develop anorexia, insecurity and lack of confidence. Lack of good nutrition affects child's concentration in school and activities, they lose interest or exhibit in appropriate behaviour, their is lack of confidence and increase in lethargy. Transitions in circumstances or sudden and certain illness/disabilities can also cause similar affects, child may withdraw from eating normal or develop excessive…
American youth are in worse physical shape than earlier generations, many fitness experts claim. According to the U.S. surgeon general (5/5.1986), only about one-half of U.S. Children get regular exercise, and one-fourth doesn’t take part in physical activity at all. As a result, obesity among children and adolescents has increased substantially since the 1960s. The conveniences of modern life notably television, video games and computers get…
Students usually go either in the morning, during their breaks or study or after school. With this, this result content deplete energy levels and the ability to concentrate for extended periods of time, leads to depression, students need to eat healthy so their energy levels can rise and can start to think more straight and clearly, another reason being that students are getting lazier and it is preventing them to go out and do physical activity and getting a job. This also leads to diabetes, two-thirds of American adolescent’s ages 12 to 19 are of normal weight, 16 percent are overweight, and another 18 percent are obese; the percentages stayed fairly constant between 1999 and 2008. Sixty percent of those who were found to be obese during the 1999-2008 study, half of the overweight adolescents and 37 percent of the normal weight adolescents had at least one risk factor for heart disease, such as high blood pressure or high…
It is acknowledged that media such as television, music, music videos, movies, video games, internet and other visual implements penetrate our daily lives in one form or another. This concept is especially applied to teenagers. Today, adolescents usually go straight home after school. However, they are not dedicating their time on homework or revision. Instead, they are mostly tempted to spend time being entertained with watching television and listening to music. These two amusements have already become their principle life activities.…
Less than 20 years ago, all that kids needed to be active and entertained was fresh air and an open place to run about, letting their imaginations run free while chasing their friends whom happened to be the cops and robbers in their imaginary game. There were not such things such as a need for Wi-Fi in a young kids mind, or a newfound pain in their neck from sitting hunched over while typing away on a cell-phone. Even though technology has brought about new ways of communication, it has brought change to the once simple lifestyles of the youth, not only introducing problems with obesity, but things such as sleep deprivation and hearing loss. The incorporation of technology has had extreme pressure on morals and daily lives of the youth in a negative way. Although technology has helped in many ways, it has also begun controlling and slowly corrupting the lives of teenagers.…
Disorders such as obesity and anorexia are derived from a lack of nutrition and exercise.Having a balanced diet attributed with 8 hours of sleep and physical as well as mental exercise, is the lifestyle to lead if you're a growing adolescent with a developing body.What you consume as a teenager effects your health and appearance when you reach adulthood.It is thus important to follow a dietary plan daily of protein,having 2-3 servings of meat,poultry,eggs,nuts and fish with 2-3 servings of milk and dairy products..Vitamins are very important for the growth and maintainment of our bodies.We should have up to 3-5 servings of vegetables such as leafy, green vegetables with 2-4 servings of fruit such as citrus fruit.Carbohydrates are essential in our diets because they provide sustained energy release.6-11 servings of carbohydrates from the bread,cereal,rice and pasta group should be consumed daily.Fats and sweets such as chocolates should be eaten sparingly.Water is a fundamental in our diet and 6-8 glasses of water should be drunk to clean out toxins and avoid dehydration.Exercise is very important as well.One should physically exercise for at least 1 hour daily to avoid obesity and be at your optimum best everyday.Talking about problems is also essential to avoid stress-related disorders or illnesses thus maintaining your mental well-being.Always wash your hands before and after eating,going to the toilet,playing outside and after doing most activities as this is essential to fight bacteria.Foods must be washed as well.Medical experts such as dentists,doctors and specialists should be visited annually so that teenagers can have a full-body analysis to ensure that they are healthy.Following this procedure to a health lifestyle will ensure you a healthy,prosperous…
ingested large amounts of food are followed by self-induced vomiting, laxative or consumption in order to maintain perfect figure we cited above, the same applies to other disorders like anorexia differing from the previous one in that the teen does not eat more than minimal amounts of food so that your body weight is reduced most times in a very dangerous way. There are also more and more studies in different countries that these disorders have increased. The Norwegian University of Science and Technology shows some statistics of a study made about the eating disorders that affects teens. The main aim of the study was to establish the prevalence of (ED) in adolescents of both genders. The study sample consisted of 1960 adolescents (1026 girls and 934 boys), 14–15 years of age. The participants completed the (SEDs), including DSM-III-R and DSM-IV diagnoses for all subcategories of (ED). As a result of this studied the rates of ED showed that the prevalence of any (ED) among girls was 17.9% that consisted in: (AN), 0.7%, (BN) 1.2%, (BED) 1.5%, and EDs (EDNOS) 14.6%. Corresponding numbers for boys for any ED is 6.5% consisted in: (AN) 0.2%, BN 0.4%, (BED) 0.9%, and (EDNOS) 5.0%. (Bjornstrom). Among adolescents from middle social class, upper middle self-esteem, success, and even happiness are valued according to the measures and the percentage of body fat even though these findings do not have any logical reasoning. Despite this, the cultural imposition of maintaining a slim figure is reflected directly to excessive diets that can actually damage your health. The truth hidden in this type of behavior has much to do with the way in which the teenager sees itself and its need for acceptance. A teenager who comes to think that is not accepted within a group that feels fat and rejected, will to impossible to lose…
Nowadays, younger generation has greater choices of leisure facilities than previous one. Among such facilities are television and video games. Some social experts and families are concerned about health of teenage on these activities. This is supported by some reports that sitting too long in front of television could lead to problems of eyes and back like watching television and playing computer games have tended to increase recently. On the other hand, some experts believe that some video games can improve their skills and this could help his or her future career like operating doctor or pilot. In addition, watching television keeps young audience inform about what happens around locally as well as globally. That would enhance teenagers' to more opened-minded and encourage them to keep eyes on challenging local and international issues.…