Exercise. The last thing an average teenager wants to worry about. Though it does bring up the question, Should teenagers exercise more? Many studies have concluded that yes, adolescents should be exercising their bodies more often than they currently are. A teen requires an average of at least 60 minutes of exercise a day, but nevertheless many teens are going weeks without any form of physical activity. Obesity is an epidemic that’s beginning to spread to teenagers, and if we don’t act fast the health of children in the U.S. will plummet even further. Furthermore we should encourage teenagers to exercise in order to avoid the negative effects of being overweight.
To begin, a huge reason youth should exercise more is for the plethora of health
4. Physical activities, very important to address and educate teen on exercise to prevent obesity; many teens now using video games and avoiding any activities.
In a time when technology is the focal point of attraction, people spend more time sitting in front of a screen than getting out and being active. Video games used to be simply a game, movies used to be a treat, and phones were only used for talking. Now, these things are considered hobbies! As a result, more and more people sit around with technology instead of pursuing healthier activities. In order to fight the increased lack of physical activity of today’s society, many schools, employers, and organizations have invested time and money into programs directed at getting people up and active. Countless programs and hobbies have emerged over the years to capitalize on this active movement, but one is the complete package. CrossFit uses high
Teens are the next generation, and that's why exercising in the teen years will help them. Easy to hard exercise is a daily thing one should do. The article, "Teens Are Just as Sedentary as 60 Year Olds" (Park 4-5). "Children should
Sports, play time, and eating healthy are ways to prevent obesity and other diseases that can stem from lack of physical activity and a healthy diet. On average, adults should get about 150 hours per week of exercise, or some vigorous activity. Children should get about 60 minutes of physical activity or play time at least three days out of the week. Even though there are pros and cons of different exercises and sports Americans can still help out their bodies for the better. Playing sports and exercising are shown to improve the way people think, act, and how they perform their daily lives, especially for children and teenagers. Marianne Engle author of “Kids and Sports” confirms “Kids who do sports build muscle, improve reflexes, attention span, focus, thinking, and reduces the likelihood of obesity (Engle Marianne
25% of the youth, of US are overweight or at risk for becoming overweight, and this number increases every minute. Less teens are exercising and more and becoming addicted to unhealthy junk food. Obesity has become a huge problem in the US, and not much has been done about it, despite its terrifying effects. It affects teenagers mentally and physically, sometimes pushing them to depression. However, there are ways to prevent obesity, including exercise and eating healthy. Although obesity takes numerous tolls on teenagers, physical activity has many benefits to teenagers.
Increasing physical activity levels in both children and adolescents is crucial since physical activity is associated with many health benefits, even if only by a few minutes a day. In order to determine effective interventions for increasing physical activity in both age groups, first an accurate measure of physical activity must be performed.
The National health strategies and initiatives that aim to improve physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in Australia suggest that young people aged 13–17 years should accumulate at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity every day, these should include a variety of aerobic activities, including some vigorous intensity
It is recommended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that children receive at a minimum of 60-minutes of cumulative physical activity per day. Many children do not get the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity per day. Regular physical activity during adolescence has many beneficial factors including, healthy bones, weight control, and prevention of many chronic diseases (CDC, 2013). Physical activity can be playing a simple game of tag, or advanced as an organized sport, as long as it gets the child up, off the couch, and active. Despite this recommendation, many children fail to receive adequate physical activity. In 2006, only 27.1% of students in the United States had fulfilled the recommended amount of physical activity (CDC, 2013). In 2012, 56.3% of eighth grade students in Multnomah County “watched TV, or played video games, or used the Internet for 3 or more hours daily”(OHA, 2012). With an eight hour school day, three hours of video games, and at least an hour of homework adds up to 12 hours of the day, that with family time, meals, and “leisure” time, doesn’t allocate much time for physical activity. The lack of physical activity, combined with extremely long periods of sedentary behavior, coupled with junk food and sugary
Teen girls should be different sizes because they have different personalities because they are different people. But no, for some reason we all believe that we need to have the perfect body and if we do we will all be similar. So why are we trying so hard to fit in when we’re born to stand out?
When you think of technology you think of iPhones lap tops even those new watches that tell your heart beats and how many times you have walked even so much to let you know you got new text message or even a FaceTime, I am not going to lie to you technology has us all hooked, some hooked more than others.
Nearly everyone is aware of the physical benefits of exercising daily, but not many young adults actually exercise regularly. If a student participated in sports during his adolescent years, they are eight times more likely to remain physically active ("Facts: Sports Activity and Children."). For adolescents sports
No one has to raise their hands, but who here has had problems with money? Life is hard, that’s just a fact. Sometimes when you’re dealt a bad hand there is no fighting it, you can only make do with what you have. We all need to eat, and food doesn’t magically fall from the sky, it cost money. If you have no real source of income, and no other way to make money, then you might have to turn to ‘alternative ways’ to make ends-meat. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that, but there is always the world’s oldest profession, prostitution.
The issue at hand is what could be the biggest problem in the world? The answer of this question is very difficult, but I believe that emission of harmful gasses is biggest treat today. This issue is troubling the nation for couple of decades because it is hard to implement the right solution to stop the harmful gasses disrupting our atmosphere. I believe that there are couple of solutions that can lower or even eliminate harmful gas emission.
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In school, teens are taught the essentials to have a successful life, but they are not taught the essentials to having a quality life. The middle school and high school time span is the perfect opportunity to educate teenagers how to get into correct exercising methods. Young teens have brains that are not fully developed and can easily be guided into any direction they are taught to follow. Simply, going out and being active for at least an hour can improve someone’s day from the vitamin D received by the sun. Informing the youth about the positive outcomes of exercising such as improvement in memory, improvement in being able to cooperate with stress and reduces stress. Of course, starting is not the easy part. Most people in general, do not get into a healthy lifestyle right off the bat. Parental figures play a crucial role in their kids life, as they do in their everyday life. Parents are the role models for their kids. They need to lead by