European Teenagers’ Life-style Habits and Healthy Living Phenomenon
Odeta G2019
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Abstract
The European community has repeatedly outlined ( Health at a Glance: Europe, 2016) that people’s way of life was deeply destructive. As a consequence, they have carried out policies in order to improve people’s health. Those policies do work with some people, however younger generations have never been so much in danger of being overweight than they are today (Sassi, F, 2010). Healthy life style problems are for all generations but especially for younger people they have been important topics in many societies for quite a while. We can blame bad habits, lack of information, too much usage of new technology and lack of knowledge about human’s negative influence on themselves as well as bad influence from the social and physical environment ( Health at a Glance: Europe, 2016) . The article deals with the problem of unhealthy students and presents the results of the students as well as their parents’ health issues and social, emotional and psychological well-being.
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