What are the impacts of junk food on teenagers?

Regular impact of junk food is very harmful for the body. Several research studies have shown that fast foods and processed foods have increased childhood obesity, heart disease and other chronic diseases. Junk foods not only add inches to your waist line but also cause serious damage to your brain. 

some of the harmful effects of eating junk foods are:

1. It can cause memory and learning problem

2. Lessen its abilityto control appetite

3. It slowly leads to depression and irritation.

4. It makes you impatient and can cause uncontrollable cravings.

Nowadays teenagers or even adults are also very much of junk food. There is so much of variety in the market that we tend to eat junk food at the end of the day even if we don't want it. But we also have to think on the other side also which is the impact of junk food on our body, especially for teenagers because they are in the growing stage and it's important to eat healthy at this age to make the body strong. Below are some bad impacts of junk food on teenagers are-

1. Obesity- There are so much of calories in junk food which lead to obesity in teenagers nowadays.

2. Addiction- Children are eating junk food from very small age and it leads to addiction in them towards fast food. Because of this, it is becoming difficult for teenagers to stop eating junk food

3. Less energy- Obesity leads to less energy or activeness in our body. Junk food doesn't provide adequate nutrients for physical activity and lack of physical activity impairs physical and mental health

Hi there,

Junk foods can cause many health related issues annd compication in teenagers and it will affect their mental and physical growth during their growth stages.

Fat accumulation, increase in body weight, Cholestrol, breathing difficulties, troubled intestine are some of the difficulties that may be inevitable. So it is important to encourage teenagers into healthy eating habits and physiccal activites.

Hope this helps.

Best Wishes.

Regular junk food intake leads to long-term health problems such as obesity, accompanying emotional and self-esteem problems, and chronic illnesses in later life. A single fast food meal could add 160 and 310 extra kilocalories to the daily caloric intake for teenagers and younger children, respectively.