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The Relationship Between Youth Inactivity And Health, Alexis Michelle Dress-Moran

2020 Symposium Posters

As technology advances, youth engage in the sedentary lifestyle of playing computer games, leaving no time for physical activities. The purpose of this study is to prove the relationship between youth inactivity and health. The inactive behavior of adolescents has contributed to increased health issues. Among them are cardiovascular diseases, obesity, depression, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. The research data was collected in the form of secondary data from a literature review, where credible peer reviewed articles published between 2013 to 2020, and government websites were used for the study. By studying the connection of physical inactivity and the health …