How Sports Help Teenagers’ Health

By CHHOU CHIBOU


Sports are important to the growth and development of a teenager’s mind and body, reducing risk of obesity and other serious health complications.

Obesity is one of the biggest problems faced by many teenagers. It can make them have health complications including diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and asthma, along with mental health ailments such as depression and anxiety. To avoid these problems, playing sports is highly recommended because it helps teenagers maintain a healthier weight and boosts their cardiovascular system, lowers their blood pressure, improves their mood and helps them make healthier choices in life.

Playing sports not only builds your fitness, but it also keeps your mind sharp, boosts your brain power and enlarges your brain’s basal ganglia (the part that helps you pay attention), which can help you do better at school, be more flexible and improve your problem-solving skills. Some researches indicate that playing sports regularly can stimulate new cell growth in the brain and increase mental abilities from 20% to 30%. It also helps you sleep better, feel more energetic and less stressed.

Sports improve teenagers’ mental health and energy level, ease tension and offer a healthy lifestyle. Let’s come and play sports together!