rs of American youth have shown mood- altering and even addictive substances have led children to ignore well-known and serious risks to their health due to the seeking of pleasure and approval from their peers. Marketers and advertisements have led children to smoking and becoming obese. For example, many children who attend middle and high school smoke just because their friends are doing it. The percentages of high school students who smoke have increased tremendously. Despite protests from school programs and billboards, children have continued to smoke, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, “9% of eighth graders, 16% of tenth graders and 22% of twelfth graders are still reported smoking daily.” The food selection of kids is another concern of kids’ physical health because most of children’s snack selection and food request are mostly for sweetened cereals, candy, and salty snack foods. These are products advertised on their favorite television shows and influence their families’ purchasing habits. In an article by Judith Vessey she states that “television watching is a likely and significant contributor to the declining health of American youth: One study found that obesity risks among adolescents increased with higher average hours of television viewing.” This higher risk derives from munching snack foods and drinking soft drinks during the sedentary hours in front of the tube.

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