Teens and young adults, probably more so than younger kids, can affect their parents’ health and fitness—for better or worse. On the plus side, as young people mature and become better informed they can challenge their dads and moms to live healthier lifestyles. Sometimes they can even educate them about nutrition and exercise. Just as importantly, young people can inspire their parents to put down the remote and go exercise, or they can persuade them to reconsider a trip to a fast food restaurant in favor of having a healthy, home cooked meal.
But young people, by making bad life choices, can also stress out their parents as well as create circumstances that promote poor exercise and eating habits. The teenager who repeatedly asks a parent for pizza, sodas, chips, etc. may succeed in having the refrigerator and pantry stocked with unhealthy foods and drinks that get consumed by everyone in the house.
The Teens & Young Adults page is designed to help young people become more health conscious. It also supports them as they try to become more proactive in what they say and do to help their parents take better care of themselves.
But young people, by making bad life choices, can also stress out their parents as well as create circumstances that promote poor exercise and eating habits. The teenager who repeatedly asks a parent for pizza, sodas, chips, etc. may succeed in having the refrigerator and pantry stocked with unhealthy foods and drinks that get consumed by everyone in the house.
The Teens & Young Adults page is designed to help young people become more health conscious. It also supports them as they try to become more proactive in what they say and do to help their parents take better care of themselves.
