Once teenagers start to drink at a young age, they can start to face potential health risks. Studies show that young adults who drink heavily may put themselves at more health risks than an older adult.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention stated that people's brain don't stop developing until their early twenties and drinking alcohol at a young age will effect the development of the brain, . It can impact on long-term thinking and memory skills. Their brains are still developing and drinking at a young age can change the way their brains function. Young adults can also have some degree of liver damage, according to the organization MADD. Young drinkers who are overweight or obese showed elevated liver enzymes even by moderate drinking. Also alcohol can effect the way their body changes. Teenagers go through puberty and go to major changes around this time. The Century Council explained it may change the hormones that are necessary for normal development of organs, muscles, and bones causing their bodies to change for the worst.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention stated that people's brain don't stop developing until their early twenties and drinking alcohol at a young age will effect the development of the brain, . It can impact on long-term thinking and memory skills. Their brains are still developing and drinking at a young age can change the way their brains function. Young adults can also have some degree of liver damage, according to the organization MADD. Young drinkers who are overweight or obese showed elevated liver enzymes even by moderate drinking. Also alcohol can effect the way their body changes. Teenagers go through puberty and go to major changes around this time. The Century Council explained it may change the hormones that are necessary for normal development of organs, muscles, and bones causing their bodies to change for the worst.
This video discusses the harms and dangers of underage drinking.