ASSIGNMENT PROMPT - SECOND STUDY REPORT

Youth’s Unhealthy Lifestyle

The young are the future of the society; statistics show that half of the world population consists of the youthful generation. Teenagers that are healthy are much more equipped to the sustainable growth and development of the society. However, young people’s everyday life has been influenced by urbanization and mechanization that has resulted in poor, healthy living styles. The improper eating habits, poor hygiene, and less physical activities, and misuse of drugs are the deadly factors that are changing the classical picture of the healthy youths. I am convinced that the future of this world is doomed because there will be more epidemics that will sweep away intellectuals. The majority of people can agree that the unhealthy lifestyle is a global crisis that requires immediate interventions to secure the future generation (UN, 2015).

People are living in a polluted world that exposes every person to the millions of toxins and chemicals at home and workplaces. There are many contaminations in the foods and air that have degenerated the health of young persons. More so, water, that is a vital component of life, has been destroyed by industrial and human activities that have propelled its scarcity and emerging of waterborne diseases to human and animal populations. People no longer use natural foods due to their scarcity and extinction, because of the bad water. The rate of eating chemically processed foods has increased and has abused people’s bodies and put them on the risk of acquiring diseases. Today, much money is spent on seeking proper medications, those disease are the reason. It is evident that some families are languishing in poverty because of overspending in medical facilities (Madan & Lazer, 2015).

Despite the epidemiological, demographic shifts and health policy advancement, the state of youth’s health is undermined. The current programs are scarce to propel a healthy society and make the world a better place for both the current and future generations of the youth. Certain policies that have been integrated into managing the world’s health are not universally appropriate because of the varying characteristics of the population in different cultures. A huge number of people bear a load of poor health unintentionally caused by war, occupational factors, insecurity, and hunger. Acute and chronic illnesses are associated with unfavorable health circumstances that devastate the present families. The accumulative violence experienced everywhere is adding to the already heavy burden of unhealthy communities that promise a doomed fate to the present and the next generation (Drzewicka & Wojciechowska, 2015).

Another crucial challenge facing the youth is that they have ignored the fundamental aspect of physical activities. The society has valued indoor activities more than the active leisure that enhances a healthy lifestyle. The traditional leisure activities have been replaced by the technological inventions that are gradually killing the life of teenagers. Research shows individuals under the age of twenty-five years spend twelve hours in school activities and nineteen hours in front of televisions and computers. There is little attention grew to the physical exercises because the modern leisure enjoyment activities are fascinating compared to the primary physical activities that are strenuous. Youths have also given much attention to mobile phones. It is the desire of every young person to acquire a cell phone so that he or she can perform numerous activities without toil. Mobile chatting is consuming a lot of time and prevents the youth from engaging in physical behavior.

The education system in the world has also contributed to the poor health of young people across the seas. Schools offer little space and opportunity for physical play due to the greediness of acquiring excellent grades. There is much pressure on schools to give students heavy workload that undermines the chances of children involving in outside games. Children are not exposed to the natural environment, and some of them lack the idea of knowing what constitutes the external environment. Traditionally, school-going pupils were allowed to spend long hours in fields playing and interacting. Playing activities are crucial components that promote child’s holistic development because they expose them to various issues at a young age. Playing promotes children to acquire basic skills that are significant to his or her future development. Therefore, there is need to incorporate games and activities alongside education to develop a healthy society (Ridder & Heuvelmans, 2015).

The health of youths has been destroyed because children hardly walk to places. Vehicle transport has affected the tendency of people to stroll to places. They prefer traveling in a vehicle, however, short the distance may be. In the past, children could walk to schools and return home without being picked up by a vehicle. Nevertheless, the majority of schools have adopted bus transport that collects children from their homes denying them chances to strain on the roads. It has become habit for most children would choose to learn in a school that offers transport services to avoid exhaustion. The tendency of not walking to schools is high among pupils, except low-income families that do not have the financial capabilities.

My investigation indicates that students are less tolerant to unfavorable weather and have less aptitude to come to terms with physical strains. Some years back, pupils could walk to school in cold and hot weather conditions without contracting an illness. The experience strengthened their immune system strong, unlike today’s children who fall ill under simple circumstances. The teachers’ efforts to build children physical well being are insufficient because taking them to parks and picnic grounds only adds to the problem. The retreats are characterized by poor eating habits where students overeat whenever they come across any food items. Consequently, these children are susceptible to unhealthy conditions that might affect their future well being. Educational stakeholder should pull together to build up the physical abilities of the youth.

The WHO report reveals that less than ten percent of the world’s youth population participates in habitual energetic activities. The trend of inactive participation in physical exercise has hiked because parents and teachers pressure students to assume other co-curriculum activities and concentrate on attaining excellent grades. The fact that the physical wellbeing of a pupil is not a qualification in joining a college or a University has destabilized the efforts of children’s active participation in games and play. Students’ efforts are aimed towards accruing exceptional performance that can promote them to gain entry into quality institutions. Young people’s inactiveness has resulted in massive health complications in many urbanized countries. The contemporary physically lazy lifestyle in society has unending consequences that create high costs to society (WebMD, 2015).

The decrease in physical activities has fueled an increase in the risk of deaths due to high blood pressure and heart complications. Today, there is a large percentage of young people suffering from diseases than ever before because of their weak bodies. Teenagers are getting diabetes; because of littlie participation in physical activities that is supposed to be an old age medical condition. Studies depict that a huge population of teenagers are under treatment because they experience unusual body pains in the back, ribs, and stomach. Regular health reports point out that the rate of depressions has gone up considerably due to less involvement of exercise. Healthcare gives the help that depressed individual need, such as physical exercises.

Children are introduced to excessive junk food at an early age that begins straining their health. Parents have boycotted their roles of cooking good foods, and they have turned to fast food restaurants. It is ironic that too much money is spent; however, the nutritional value of these foods is low and is associated with intoxicating the bodies of users. These foods contain unsaturated fats that propel the risks of chronicle diseases. Food contamination is another critical element assumed by parents. Contamination is caused by unsuitable procedures involved in the preparation process that attract disease agents such as germs to initiate their dangerous activities. Food poisoning is on the rise among junk meals due to undercooking or extreme cooking, (Park, 2015).

The modern families are busy; hence, many schools going children have suffered from hunger because they are forced to go to school with no food that undermines them health wise. Children miss breakfast a lot, which is an important meal in the morning; more so, they are not given any food to eat while in school. As a result, children have gotten used to staying long hours without consuming food. The bitter truth is that children have been exposed to inferior items such as sweet drinks and cakes that constitute a lot of sugar. Traditional foods that are of nutritional value have been forgotten. There is a big problem with the modern lifestyle, and, without an immediate change, the health of people is hopeless (Alleyne, 2010).

Another concern with the modern foods is that they are exposed to chemicals before being consumed by people. The herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides that farmers spray to heighten productivity are detrimental to people’s health. The relevant authorities do not approve more than fifty percent of the chemical used to treat animals and crops. Synthetic hormones given to animals to promote their growth are hurtful and increase space for lifestyle infections. The misuse of drugs is popular among growing adolescents. They begin smoking and overdrinking alcohol at early age, thus killing their health gradually as they grow up in society. Alcohol and drug misuse lead to respiratory infections and depression among youths (Frazão, 2015).

Modern life is full of depression originating from frustrations and pressure in the surroundings. Modernization has doubled the rate of stress due to the daily difficulties people are forced to persevere. Stress is a universal problem that occurs in every locality, schools, church, homes, and workplaces. Youths are delivering their best both in schools, and, at homes and whenever they fail to achieve what they are expected of, they are scolded to the extent of being abandoned to be on their own. The circumstances force every child to strain and achieve the prospect of the parents and teachers. Stress is a health destructor that leads to severe health complications such as cancer, stroke, heart attack, infertility, and more vulnerability to anxiety (Ganasegeran, 2015).

The situations that have been explained is more and more prevalent in society, and it requires appropriate interventions to bring changes. The international and national organizations have the responsibility to advocating healthy lifestyles to secure the future generation. Young people are the backbone of development; hence, they need life security to lead a healthy life. Children need to adopt healthy eating behaviors to live long and escape the wrath of lifestyle diseases. Parents and educational stakeholders should take up the responsibilities; ensuring school children participate actively in physical activities.

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