Obesity in the teen age years is often harmful to a growing young adult’s health and well being. Sue Scheff suggest that “the obesity rate for teens has tripled over the past 25 years and with this increase an average weight, type 2 diabetes, once unknown in young people, is now diagnosed in 45 percent of all new cases involving children or teens. Medical experts fear that high blood pressure and heart disease could become increasingly prevalent among young adults, making this generation of teens the first to have potentially poorer health and shorter life spans than their parents”. This is a alarming statement which is becoming a very real fact in today’s society. Image is from flickr.com/photos/62142788@N00/2222635369/.
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For teenage girls it can be unhealthier when they gain excessive weight during this time. In an article from USA Today teen girls “often become much less physically active during their teen years, but researchers say that is just when they should move into high gear if they want to control their weight”. It is important to eat healthy and exercise to maintain a healthy weight, but there are always excuses like fast food and no time which keep people from not exercising. Alison Field an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard says that “many girls teen to cut back on activity during puberty because they may not want to sweat or have their hair messed, and that is the worst possible time to stop being active”.
For teenage girls it can be unhealthier when they gain excessive weight during this time. In an article from USA Today teen girls “often become much less physically active during their teen years, but researchers say that is just when they should move into high gear if they want to control their weight”. It is important to eat healthy and exercise to maintain a healthy weight, but there are always excuses like fast food and no time which keep people from not exercising. Alison Field an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard says that “many girls teen to cut back on activity during puberty because they may not want to sweat or have their hair messed, and that is the worst possible time to stop being active”.
Researchers and scientists at Harvard Medical School in Boston Massachusetts studied data on 3,914 females ages 14 to 22 and if their weight gain was do to maturing or if their weight gain was unhealthy. The study started in 2000 and 2001 and again from 2003 to 2005. Their research suggested that “Some of the younger women were gaining weight because they were still growing and maturing... But most of the older women had reached full maturity, and their weight gain was more likely to be unhealthy”. In the first study in “2001, about 54% of the young women wanted to lose weight, and 24% were trying to maintain their weight” and only half the group said they exercise once a week and 14% said they exercised five or more times a week. The type of physical activity ranged from sports to dancing.
According to the study the teens who gained an average of 7 pound from 2001 to 2005 were the ones who didn’t exercise or eat healthy. The teens who exercised at least once a week and usually ate limited portion sizes gained on average 5 pounds. The group who exercised more than 5 days a week and limited their portion sizes gained about 3 pounds. Alison Field the professor at Harvard suggests that "the key is to find an activity you like, adding that the habits young women form at this time of their lives may be with them for a lifetime”. Another problem is the portion size at fast food and restaurants they are often double the amount you are supposed to have for the day it is important to watch what you eat and exercise regularly in order to maintain a healthier you.
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