Teenagers today are becoming addicted to junk food without realizing the effects. As they have been surrounded by junk food all of their lives so it is really the only type of food that they have ever known. Junk foods are nothing but those which only have a high amount of salt, sugar, fat and refined flour. Any food that tickles your taste buds and the thought of which makes your mouth water is the one which actually has no vitamins, minerals or fiber and is extremely high in calories. Junk foods include pizzas, burgers, candies, hips, etc.
Not like the livelihoods of today’s teenagers, people who lived one hundred years ago did not grow up with junk food so they are used to eating healthy foods and remain healthy. The teenagers are very attracted towards junk food because of the advertisements shown on television, the many fast food restaurants to attend, and the fact that teenagers can Obtain food whenever they are hungry is a real disaster for the whole community. By eating junk food, a teenager will not get any nutrients required for proper functioning of the body.
This means that the teenager will always be tired and fatigued to do any work. Also teenager will feel constantly hungry and weak due to imbalance created by the junk food. Junk food is very harmful to our health because it contains, full of fat and calories; a lot more than what is required for the body on a daily basis. This will get converted to fat deposit in the body, which will certainly affect the body shape. Eating healthy should be on the top of the teenagers’ priority list as they are always considered about having a good figure to being more successful in life.
There are a host of reasons of attracting teenagers toward junk food such as: Inexpensive and pocket-friendly foods items availTABLE all over. This helps teenagers save their pocket money. Increase in the number of restaurants and fast food joints that serve greasy and spicy dishes. School and college canteen serving junk like Veda pave, noodles, Samos, etc. Which is easily accessible and time-saving for the youngster as they get a short snack break of 15 minutes. Working parents who do not have time to cook healthy food for their children due to which they depend on outside foodstuffs.
Eating of junk food can cause many problems, Junk food may taste good to some people, but the truth is, it is terrible for your health. More and more people are eating junk food, which is doing bad things to their health. Some people live in a junk food fantasy, eating it every day, and believing that it is fast, convenient, and inexpensive. Junk food is dangerous to your health, hard on your wallet, addictive, and bad for the environment. Through the power of the media, advertising lures in children, teens, and adults to come eat junk DOD, making false promises of happiness to all who eat it.
In conclusion, teenagers should consider the fact that unhealthy diet like eating junk food can lead to many health problems like high blood pressure heart disease, Hypertension, diabetes, Osteoporosis, Skin problems, Hair problems, etc. To prevent all these kind of diseases parents should be TABLE to advise their children and guide them to eat healthy food not junk food, they should be TABLE to control the life styles of their children as they are responsible about protecting their children from junk food bad effects.
