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ADOLESCENT’ HEALTHY LIFESTYLE - Coggle Diagram
ADOLESCENT’ HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
Adolescence is a critical time to establish the foundations of a person’s health
Because there is some evidence stating that habits acquired in this period may track into adulthood.
For this reason, several chronic diseases may have their origin, and disease progression, during adolescence
For instance, food consumption in adolescence is a predictor of intake in adulthood
It is important to understand how healthy behaviors, and a healthy lifestyle, change during this stage of life
Studies on adolescents’ healthy habits have focused on the relationship between individual behaviors and their outcome on health
Such measure could be important to the public health policy by influencing the way in which programs set up to promote healthy lifestyles are developed.
Attempts to combine several health behaviors to create a solution to express a healthy lifestyle are sparse.
To improve adolescents’ health, it is important to promote healthy behaviors at an early age
Healthy behaviors are a determinant of health
positive changes can have an impact on the overall health outcomes
The main behaviors associated with adolescents’ health are physical activity, less time engaging with multi-media, healthy diet, absence of alcohol and tobacco consumption, as well as caffeine use, sleep deprivation, drug use
During the transition into adolescence and throughout it, there is an increase in desiring novelty, along with the courage and curiosity to experiment with new and often unhealthy behaviors
the association between age and changes in self-reported prevalence of healthy behaviors in adolescents.
As age increased, the prevalence of adolescents with a healthy lifestyle decreased.
healthy lifestyle has a positive impact on health and is essential to prevent early onset of chronic diseases
these results show that most adolescents are at risk
a strong decrease of physical activity was observed from 11 to 15 years of age.
the cost of activities also influences the decrease of physical activity (tend to practice formal physical activity)
as adolescents age, they gain more independence and are exposed to other environments and influences
among socioeconomically disadvantaged adolescents, there are less opportunities; naturally, the number of participants decreases with age
The decreasing trend of fruit and vegetable consumption
begins in childhood and continues into young adulthood
the greater freedom in food choice experienced by adolescents
the level of support for fruit and vegetable consumption
👆this might explain the decrease in fruit and vegetable consumption throughout adolescence
As age increases, the consumption of alcohol and use of tobacco also increases.
the transition from early adolescence to mid-adolescence is a critical period for alcohol consumption and tobacco use
The general decrease in the prevalence of healthy behaviors with age
shows that adolescents have a lifestyle that harms their health and jeopardizes it in the future
clearly demonstrated in the present study, which less than 2% at the age of 15 had a healthy lifestyle
they start to have different interests, suffermarked influence from peers, and spend more time at school without parent supervision
interventions are needed to reverse the increase in the prevalence of unhealthy lifestyles
Schools are a gateway to provide adolescents with skills to manage and improve their lifestyle
all adolescents attend school, spending much time there;
in schools, they are subjected to the transmission of knowledge that can be used to improve their health.
There is evidence that school-based single-component or multi-component interventions can improve short- and long-term adolescents’ healthy behaviors
there is still much work to be done to promote healthy lifestyles and to raise awareness among adolescents of the potential benefits to their health status
understanding how best to promote healthy lifestyles is still of crucial importance during this life phase
important to teach adolescents the physical guidelines, the habits of healthy eating, the recommended daily consumption of fruit and vegetables, and the benefits of abstinence from alcohol consumption and tobacco usage
Knowledge may not be sufficient to improve the adolescents’ lifestyles, but having knowledge put into practice could be a step closer to raising awareness of the importance of healthy behaviors
with the intent that the younger generation may make educated decisions about their health