What is health?
Health is a combination of physical, social and psycho-emotional well-being. When all areas of life are in balance, there is nothing to worry about. Only now, for the formation of health, it takes years, you need to do this from the earliest years and continue your whole life. For those people who are used to leading a healthy lifestyle, following all the rules becomes natural and unchanged. However, in our time, the lifestyle of modern youth, and in particular the lifestyle of a modern teenager, is simply amazing in its insolvency and unbridled nature.
To date, the question of a healthy lifestyle, in principle, is not of interest to the younger generation. Smoking, alcohol, drugs and Internet addiction have swept most of the Russian teenagers. Every year, there is an increasing trend towards a decrease in the percentage of healthy children and an increase in the number of disabled and disabled people. The number of young people unsuitable for military service is increasing due to health reasons, the overall incidence of adolescents with diseases such as bronchial asthma, gastritis, etc. is growing. Often, young adolescents in the state of alcohol or drug poisoning often go to hospitals.
Smoking has become a real scourge of modern youth, smoking in Russia begins from 10-11 years old, and by the end of high school, already 40% of students are addicted. Moreover, in recent years there has been a tendency to increase smoking teenage girls. The lifestyle of a modern Russian teenager makes you think about the problems of the younger generation, because if we don’t think about it now, then who will be able to correct the current situation, which only worsens every year.
The lifestyle of a modern Russian teenager today does not, unfortunately, exclude alcohol dependence. By the age of 14-16 years, 20% of adolescents drink regularly at least twice a week. More often, addiction begins to develop with regular beer consumption. Many teenagers do not even consider beer an alcoholic drink, especially since it is sold everywhere and without age restrictions. In addition, the advertising and distribution of alcohol and tobacco slogans on television, the media, in stores, etc. gives an occasion to teenagers to consider their bad habits as a manifestation of "adulthood."
In recent years, drugs have spread rapidly among young people. According to statistics, 0.1-0.2% of teenagers who regularly use drugs are registered in Russia.
Also no less dangerous addiction today is computer addiction. Computer games and the Internet have become so firmly entrenched in the lifestyle of a modern Russian teenager that for the most part they completely deleted physical development, lively communication with peers and the ability to build normal relationships with others.
All of the above, unfortunately, today, to one degree or another, is part of the lifestyle of a modern Russian teenager, and worsens forecasts for the development of an intellectually-developed, socially-adapted younger generation.
However, not everything is so bad, there is a flip side to the coin. Many young people are eager to get an education, to develop mentally and physically, they want to receive guaranteed state support in terms of employment and decent wages. And in this we need to help and support our younger generation, both privately and at the state level. It is necessary to form a healthy lifestyle of a teenager from an early age in order to maintain the health of a future generation.