buy 'em books, send 'em to school
i'm currently working on a project that's mindnumbingly dull. i'm recording voice-overs for an online health textbook for teens. last night i ran across something rather interesting. here's a list of lifestyle factors that promote good health:
getting 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night
starting each day with a healthy breakfast
eating a variety of nutritious foods each day
being physically active for at least 20 minutes a day, three or more days a week
maintaining a healthy weight
avoiding tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs
managing stress
maintaining positive relationships
practicing safe behaviors to prevent injuries
abstaining from sexual activity before marriage
that last one is really something, ain't it? it seems to me that it's morality disguised as health advice. i think that most teens are too smart to fall for that one. i'm all in favor of promoting safe sex, but please! when you tell a teenager that it's unsafe to have sex unless you're married, you lose all credibility. somehow an unmarried couple who live together are at greater risk that a married couple? i don't buy it, and neither will your average teenager. i suppose that the textbook company doesn't want to be accused of promoting teen sex. what a cop out. i can't wait to see what other myths today's teens are being told are facts. next it'll be that masturbation causes blindness! lucky for me that's false, cuz... wait. things are getting fuzzy and dark. it's getting hard to see. oh man...
Posted by davidjay
at 2:05 PM PDT
Updated: Wednesday, 5 May 2004 5:02 PM PDT