Children TV Exercise Diet Depression Anxiety

Children who spend more time in front of the TV, exercise less, and eat junk food have higher rates of depression anxiety.

A study done by Public Health England, to determine the well being of U.K. children has found a direct correlation between the amount of time a child spends watching TV or playing video games, the amount of exercise they engage in, and the quality of their diet, on their likelihood of having depression anxiety.

The relationship between children, t.v. video games, exercise and diet is dose dependent.

Meaning that the more time a child spends watching t.v. or playing video games the high their rate of depression anxiety.  The less time a child spends exercising the higher their rate of depression anxiety.  The more sugary drinks and junk food a child consumes the higher their rate of depression anxiety.

This is news parents can use to help their children and teens who may be experiencing depression anxiety or other mood and learning difficulties.  Parents can have a profoundly positive impact on the well being and happiness of their children and teens by regulating these three factors in their children’s lives.

• T.V., Video Games, Social Media
• Exercise
• Junk Food and Diet

By simply reducing the amount of time their child spends watching t.v. and playing video games, increasing the amount of time their child engages in physical activity, reducing the amount of junk food their child consumes and improving the quality of their diet, parents can dramatically improve the health and happiness of their child.

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What this means for parents, is that instead of automatically running to their doctor, who will most likely prescribe pills to address their children’s mood disorders, which work no better than placebos, and have serious side effects including a higher risk of suicide, parents can naturally improve their child’s mental health and happiness.

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Exercise has been shown to work as well as antidepressants in most cases, creates neurogenesis or brain cell growth in the hippocampus area of the brain responsible learning, memory and mood.  Children who exercise score better on exams and report higher levels of happiness and well being.

On a related side note, parents of children who have depression anxiety, should also investigate whether their child has a stomach bug, which could be the cause of their condition.  A recent study found that children who have frequent stomach aches have much higher rates of depression anxiety as adults.

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A diet high in gluten, lactose, sugar, preservatives and GMO’s, can cause damage to the gut and beneficial probiotic bacteria, and feed harmful bacteria, which in turn opens the gateway to depression anxiety.

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Parents of children with depression anxiety, should also understand that their child did not inherit their condition, and that depression anxiety is not a disease or mental illness.

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Parents often mistakenly blame each other for their child’s depression anxiety, and although it is not a disease, depression anxiety can be contagious.  The stress produced by dealing with a child suffering from depression anxiety can itself cause depression and anxiety in the parents and other family members.

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Beyond pulling the plug on the t.v., yanking the sodas and chips, and pushing their child outside to play, there are other things parents can do to help their child overcome depression anxiety.

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Finally, the good news for parents of children with depression anxiety in the Public Health England report, is that there are simple, free, and non-pharmacological steps parents can take to help their children overcome depression anxiety.

Learn more about our natural depression anxiety alternative and how to use diet, exercise, and the best supplements for depression anxiety recovery.

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