Junk food Effects on the Health of Children.
Junk foods are everywhere. In schools, colleges, hospitals, offices one can find junk food almost pole to pole. There is no specific count of age which we can claim that are fond of junk food. People have developed there and now it is impossible to eliminate junk food from their lives.
Obesity causing junk food
Obesity is the most highlighted issue related to junk food. Junk food has a high percentage of carbohydrates and calories, which directly disturbs the nutritional value of your body. Pizzas, burgers, and beverages are concentrated with unknown carbs and ingredients to make them so delicious and tempting for children. High-calorie foods are addictive. According to How Junk foods affect children, children who consume junk food and high-calorie beverages, are less inclined towards Milk, Vegetables, and fiber food.
Junk Food Messing with teen mind
According to an article from Science News for Students, junk foods are common in children of teenagers. Teenage children from 10–19 age are still in process of brain development. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that makes you ‘feel good’ it’s a ‘rewarding chemical’ of your brain. When children eat junk food, they feel good, the pleasure that they get after this experience urge them to bow towards junk food as compare to homemade or nutritional food.
It is easy to grab a burger from the corner of the street than to carry a lunch box.
Depression
Fast food or junk food is found to be related to depression in teenage children. Fats, sugar, and calories present in junk are found to cause inflammation of the brain. According to some research junk food including Meat and other processed food cause inflammation of the body and brain.
Another research told depressed people tends to show more inflamed brain as compared to non-depressed people.
The narcissism of teenage child due to junk food
Depression leads to narcissism. Growing age requires a balanced diet because at teenage your developing brain sense everything. Junk food has a high percentage of sugar, fats, and cholesterol. On one side high sugar causing a “reward feeling” to the brain, on the other side causing obesity and laziness. As per “Kids Health club magazine” Children who consume more junk food tend to show less brain activity due to malnutrition causing them to perform less at their cognitive levels and unhealthy weight gain leading them to feel inferior from rest.
Chronic Disease
Junk food all over the world causing a high risk of heart failure, diabetes, and heart stroke. The center for food safety in 2012 shows that Children who consume more junk food have more tendency to develop high cholesterol leading to Heart disease in a short period of their life. Junk food always comes with beverages concentrated in sugar, causing diabetes. Diabetes has no cure, only medicines though out life and minimum negligence leads to premature death.
Conclusion
Getting junk food is not an issue these days. Restaurants are also offering home deliveries. Problems related to junk food are crucial but the solution is very easy just tune your life to some healthy and fibrous diet. Make time for some exercise. Schools, colleges, and other children’s activity institutes should take measures to promote healthy and hygienic food. Parents should also keep eye on their child’s daily consumptions of food.
