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Teens and adolescents in the United States are more likely to die in an early age due to cardiovascular problems. A new study takes into consideration adolescent cardiovascular health which reveals a dismal picture. This research was done at Northwestern Medicine where Donald Lloyd – Jones, MD chair and associate professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, describes the future for teens are bleak.
The study of teens and their cardiovascular health was presented last November 16, 2011 at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida. The results were terrible with an increase in cardiovascular mortality rates in younger adults ages 35 – 44 particularly in women.
Health profiles of 5, 547 children and adolescent from age 12 to 19 were taken and revealed high sugar levels, obesity, incidence of overweight, unhealthy diet, no physical activity and smoking. Lloyd – Jones further added that cardiovascular illnesses are a lifelong process but starts as unhealthy habits and a sedentary lifestyle when individuals were young. This study therefore calls for a need to totally change eating, exercise and lifestyle for young adults. There must be something concrete done at home where unhealthy habits are formed and in school where different cultures and ideals meet. Children especially adolescents and teens must have access to community education, exercise facilities and school programs regarding cardiovascular health. This may be a big societal problem to address but surely with the right management plan, teens will start living healthier and improving their chances in life.
Only with a healthy food choice, a more active lifestyle and a better outlook in life can the future for teens be reversed. Cardiovascular problems are preventable when you start early. This research was funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
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I agree with you completely. However, I do not think that this problem is limited to the United States only. Teens from everywhere have this problem.
This is very frightening. I think the fast food culture is the main reason for this problem. Also, the current lifestyle is making them even more dependants on the fast food.
Parents are to blame here too. They have less time to cook at home and are depending more and more on outside food now a day.
All I can think of when I hear this news is the fast food and video gaming. Our generation is fat and highly inactive. We do not eat healthy. And we do not go out to play real games. Instead, we just sit inside our houses and play x-box or playstation. This is the cause of teen heart problems.
As a father of three teenagers I know how hard this fact can be. I mean all they want to eat is junk food. I can hardly make them eat good healthy home cook meals. My wife and I work. So, sometimes making food at home can also be difficult.
Tim, I think you are forgetting one very important thing here. The lifestyle that we live now is very fast. We hardly have enough time to cook at home or have a nice afternoon with out friends outside. And as a result of that, we are becoming inactive and fast food dependant.
Tyra, Yes, you are right.