The practice of sport prevents smoking in adolescents
Smoking is an addiction on the rise among adolescents, and in contrast to this habit that damages health, increases the number of adolescent sedentary and decays the number of young physically active.
This looks like a clash between good and bad habits factors for health, is what is found in a study that evaluated young people between 13 and 18 years in various Spanish cities.
Although sport and physical activity do not reduce the dangers of smoking, sport and snuff consumption is intimately related, according to results of such research.
Were analyzed about 3,000 adolescents from schools in the cities of Granada, Madrid, Murcia, Santander and Zaragoza.
Young people had to answer a questionnaire about their habits and its subsequent analysis shows that 59.2% of adolescents are physically inactive, which far exceeds the percentage in males compared to females (71.1% and 46.7% respectively .)
With respect to smoking, 15% of youth are regular smokers, addiction being slightly higher among women.
By associating physical exercise with the use of snuff was a clear correlation, and that 80.9% of physically inactive adolescents who reported not smoking.
This shows how a healthy habit such as physical activity attracts or goes hand in hand with other beneficial health habits such as adequate food, non-smoking and no alcohol.
Viton has been made in the smoking lifestyle profiles of individuals about the inactivity, poor nutrition in fruits and vegetables and also increases the consumption of alcohol among smokers.
Then, it is imperative to begin to change some unhealthy behaviors among adolescents that may lead to the adoption of a healthy lifestyle in general and not only the replacement of one harmful habit.
Among adolescents found that many of them smoke to lose weight, to calm your nerves or to feel older. All consequences can be obtained with physical exercise, since we know the effects of sports on mental health, stress and body weight.
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