what is the effect of junk food on teenagers?
359422
If they don't exercise they will gain weight, not think as well, and won't be able to do as much cause they won't have as much energy.
783498
Both of the previous answers are good. I'll add that a healthier diet (low in fats, hormones, and plastics) can help. Eating whole foods, avoiding excessively processed (hydrolyzed, hydrogenated, etc.) foods, and avoiding plastic & Styrofoam (especially in the microwave) will help balance out the hormonal craziness inherent in adolescence.
1120764
well we can start out by replacing junk food with heathy food in our schools and at home. exercise with our children by taking walks together. teach them about junk food and what it can do to our body's. parents should set the example.
670574
Are we going to next ban preservatives in their lunch food...kids are going to do whatever they want so as RESPONSIBLE parents we should arm them with the pros and cons of drinking soda, eating nasty food, unprotected sex, drinking alcohol and trust that they will use their common sense to do what is right...you can't be there every moment for the rest of their life...
553860
School is preparing students for the real world, and in the real world they will be faced with the choice of eating healthy or eating crap.  They should be able to make their own decisions about what they stuff into their bodies, with proper education.
202822
Junk food, all the way, baby!!!!!!!!!!
552734
fat, salt, chemicals, sugar, etc, etc, etc\n\nHeart attacks, diabetes, cancer, etc, etc, etc,\n\nYou should read these articles and what "Supersize Me".\nFast Food is a Major Public Health Hazard\n\n3 Articles\n\n1. Burgers on the brain Article - New Scientist - Diane Martindale\nSugar junkies\nWhat constitutes an addiction?\nFat facts\n\n2. Portion Distortion -- You Don't Know the Half of It - Washington Post- Shannon Brownlee\n\n3. Food and Health\nFresh is Best\nChemical Stews\nFood Poisoning\nFactory Farms and Human Health
524815
No...1,0000's of people watch TV and are not obese.\n\nJunk food and binging on snack food in between Meals causes obesity.\nThe wide availability and home delivery services causes these problems.\nI would say that Computer games would be more directly the likely cause of this.\nThere is less obesity in countries where children still play outside and enjoy fresh air and do not have access to computer games.\n\n1.Society,modernization,technology and the way we live causes it.\n\n2.Less and less mothers cook 2 good square meals a day\nthis is due to most have careers and don't have time.\n\n3.children from an early age have money to spend on junk food.Which is deliberately aimed and priced with them in mind.\n\n5.Junk food Restaurants are cleverly situated near to schools,therefore being accessible on the way to school, lunch time and on the way home.\n\n6.Children would prefer to eat a fat ridden, MSG product(that has a free toy) than something(meat and 2 veg) there mother prepares.\n\n7.Tiredness,laziness and the busy schedule we all have doesn't help.\n\ncorporate merchandising, franchising and brain washing causes obesity in children
277590
it depends on the food and what effect your looking for
857350
I'm a high school teacher, and I think it would be interesting to look at eating disorders among high school athletes, particularly wrestlers.  There is tremendous pressure on these young men to maintain their weight and ranking.  There has been enough written and research regarding young women, but I think that school-sanctioned disordered eating patterns in wrestlers and football players needs to be investigated.
814731
1)Suicidal side effects from antidepressants for some reason affect teens more than any other age group.\n\n2)Many teenagers don't have nearly as much control over their lives as they would like, because of parents, school, boring jobs, etc., so they think of killing theirselves as a way to show everyone that they control their own lives, even in death.\n\n3)Many teens in our society today are neglected in their homes (usually because of 2 parents working or a single parent working 2 jobs) and don't have any true friends at school, so they think that committing suicide, whether successful or failed, is the only way they can get people to pay them any attention.\n\n4)Lastly, hormones fluctuate more drastically in teens than in any other age group, which combined with bad home life and/or certain antidepressants, can force some teens to make irrational and abnormal decisions, including suicide.
580973
Well I have never been on a crush diet. But a crash diet is the worst thing to do. Get out and move everyday, also seriously stop and think about that junk food before you eat it. What will you get from eating it? Does it really benefit your body to eat it? And are you really hungry or is it just an impulse to eat because something set you off? If that doesn't work think about what bad things it will do to your body? If its fried about how it will clog your arteries and shorten your life.
47661
Well if your project isn't for about a month, try getting three rats, mice whatever...And do all varibles except for food. Feed one only vegetables, feed one vegetables and meat, and feed one Only McDonald's for a month. Record the results and name it Obesity in American Teenagers.
1124720
Ok, I'm no doctor and I'm no scientist, but kids and especially teens have all sorts of hormonal changes going on, and if you take diet pills maybe it would screw up your chemical balances, and maybe you won't grow to the proper height, or maybe it will make you imbalanced in the brain pan, or maybe it will lead to other, unforseeable difficulties. Also, diet pills can be addicting, and who wants children to get addicted to diet pills? When you're an adult you're supposed to be responsible enough to control yourself and not get addicted or take too much, but kids and teens...not so much. It's not fair, but it's a blanket policy in effect so that a few people don't get hurt by it. And if even one kid died from diet pills that would be one too many. Sorry, kids gotta stay healthy the healthy way. Exercise!
369395
Possibly mental growth but it is doubtful that it stunts physical growth. Now if you combine consuming fast food with something else, possibly.
813515
Show pictures of the effects of bad diet.  Fat, lazy, bad health, zits, respiratory problems, early death, etc.  Post them in the school.
552136
First and foremost, nutrition.\n\nRead nutrition/ingredient panels on food product labels very carefully.\n\nCorn syrup is an insidious food additive that is one of the main culprits in ADHD among children. The processed sugars create a mental state of hyperawareness that results in uncontrollable hyperactivity. It is extremely important that corn syrup, and related corn by-products, like corn starch, are completely eliminated from your daughter's diet.\n\nBe aware: canned and packaged foods, like ketchup, barbecue sauce, gravy, ice cream, wheat bread, frozen lasagna, TV dinners, pot pies, sugary snacks, candy bars, tomato sauce . . . are all corn syrup culprits. Again, look for corn syrup on ingredient labels.\n\nRelated to that: look for any kind of added sugars, like what you get in ice creams, candy bars, sauces . . . Look out for sugar!\n\nNext, try to regulate processed flour products. These are white breads, white pastas, and white rice. They are high-glycemic index carbohydrates, which means they are instantly converted to sugar when digested. You need to switch to whole wheat pasta, brown rice, wild rice, or basmati and whole grain bread (do not use wheat bread!)\n\nThen, try to get her involved in something physical: basketball, softball, martial arts, dance, a game of catch, bicycle riding . . . Physical activity is great for reducing the effects of ADHD.\n\nYou also need to reduce the amount of time spent watching TV and playing video games. These contribute to ADHD.\n\nI am very wary of using herbal remedies on children. Herbs are no more or less potent than over-the-counter drugs, and can cause serious health effects in children. You must consult with a pediatrician before using herbs.\n\nGood wishes for helping your daughter, and I hope you consider my nutritional suggestions.