Blog # 4 Teenage Depression = Stress
Submitted by Autumn Stephens on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 02:41.
Obesity and Teenage depression? Go hand and hand, who would have ever thought? In recent a recent study they found out that in Florida for every 1 out of 3 teens that are obese also have symptoms of depression.
The reason for this is that most teens that are overweight are unhappy with themselves. The teen feels as though because they are overweight they aren’t liked as much. Which in some cases is very true. Teens have a way of making their peers feel horrible about them selves. Whether it is looks, weight, gender or even race. This can and will cause major depression issues.
How can we change this? If you ever saw the movie mean girls there is a scene in there where the girls of that certain school have a heart to heart. They say what’s on their mind and exactly how they feel. I think this would be an effective way to try and get teens to understand how someone else is feeling. If everyone said how they felt when someone picked on them or when they were made fun of someone because they way they looked. The teens would most likely be able to relate to each other and connect with one another. From this slowly but surely try to stop making people feel pressured. This would somehow cut down on the amount of depressed teens there are in Philadelphia. Then hopefully the untied states.
