health

==== There are many health issues in the world, and more health issues are being found. People deal with health issues on a daily basis. Among the people that deal with them involve teenagers greatly. I think that these issues are really serious and should be taken more seriously. Out of all of the issues there are five that I have researched. Those include alcohol and drug use, physical activity, suicide, teen obesity, and sexual risk behaviors. ====

==== A big issue among teenagers is alcohol and drug use. Alcohol was found to be used by teenagers in the United States more than tobacco or illicit drugs. There are 75,000 deaths per year that are due to excessive alcohol consumption. When it comes to motor vehicle crashes 41% of them are due to alcohol. Alcohol affect many part of a teenager’s life. Teenagers that use alcohol and other drugs get into physical fight, have education and job-related troubles, and are involved in illegal activities. When there is a continuing abuse of alcohol teens can be associated with liver disease, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and neurological damage. Not only can that happen but there can be psychiatric tribulations like depression, anxiety and antisocial personality disorder. There has been a ban of alcohol by teens under the age of 21 since 1988. Underage drinking is identified as consuming alcohol prior to the minimum legal drinking age of 21 years. Along with that there are great consequences for anyone drinking under that age, especially if they are driving. Along with alcohol drugs like marijuana are a big issue. In the United States marijuana is the most known illegal drug used by teens. Use of marijuana was shown to decrease from 27% in 1999 to 20% in 2007. Over the years there has been either an increase or decrease in many different drug depending on the type of drug it is. Now that there has been a decrease of illegal drugs used by teens the rates of non ====

medical use of prescription and over-the-counter medication are still high.
====The amount of physical activity teens do is also a health issue. There is close to half of American people ageing from 12-21 years that are not vigorously active on a daily basis.Physical activity helps to lower the risk of premature mortality in general, and of coronary heart disease,hypertension, colon cancer, and diabetes mellitus in particular.Doing physical activity during childhood and adolescence improves strength and endurance,helps build healthy bones and muscles, helps control weight, and many other things. If you have a great experience doing physical activity at a young age it can help to create being active regularly throughout life. In order to be afective physical activity doesn't need to be overwhelming.It is recommended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that people that are younger between the ages of 6-17 should a least do 60 minutes of pysical activity per day. As children age the amount of physical activity done decreases greatly.====

When thinking of suicide you may not think that it has a great affect on teenager but it does. Suicides within teens is a very serious public issues that teens deal with. The third leading cause of death for people between the ages of 10-24 are suicides. There are about 4500 lives taken each year. All teens can be affected by suicides, but guys are more likely to die from a suicide than girls. With that being said girls are actually more likely to report attempting suicide rather than boys. There are many reasons why a teen might want to attempt a suicide. Some of those things could include history of previous suicide attempt, family history of suicides, alcohol or drug abuse, and various of other reasons, but these factors do not necessarily mean that a suicide will happen.A lot of times people don't like to talk about suicides. This cause victims to be blamed and their families and friends are left stigmatized. Research that is being done has really grown and has found a great deal of information on the causes of suicides and on how to stop suicides from happening.

Being overweight is not just an appearance problem, but it is really a medical problem because it can affect peoples health. We hear about over weight people having diabetes and heart disease, but not only that but it can have an affect on person's joints, breathing, sleep, mood, and energy levels. People may wonder exactly what being overweight is it is when people eat more calories than they burn off and their bodies store the extra calories as fat. When people have a couple of pounds of extra body fat they are not likely to be at a health risk. When people allow themselves to eat more calories than they actually burn of repeditaly it cause fat to build up higher and higher in there bodies. This can cause someone to have serious health issues. Right now there are more people that are overweight today than ever before. There is one third of all kids that are between the ages of 2-19 that are overweight. Now day teens are having health issues that only adults used to get. Some of those health issues are high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes. Obesity can be a genetic thing wheere people gain weight easier than others because they burn calories slower. Fast food plays a big role on why people are overweight now days.

With teenagers another thing that can affect there health is sexual behaviors. When teens have vaginal, anal, and oral intercourse it put them at a risk of having HIV infections and other STDs. Every year in the United States there are about 19 million new STD infections and about half of them are teens within the ages of 15-24. Teenagers are more likely to have unprotected sex when they are under the influence of drugs or alcohol. To prevent HIV, pregnacy, or other STDs the most affective thing is abstinece from any kind of sex.

As you known there are many health issues. Many of the health issues today involve teenagers. Teens can have various health issues with alchol and drugs, physical activity, suicides, teen obesity, and sexual risk behaviors. Those are just five out of many that teens deal with. Any health issue is very serious and should be taken seriously. That is why there are many people researching and trying to figure out way to prevent many of these issues from happening.

