Drinking too many fruit juices or other sweet drinks can lead to poor oral health and weight gain.
Believe it or not, but a lot of what goes on in our childhood influences our adult life and health. Whether it is picking your nose, sleeping with the light on, or biting your nails, the biological side of these harmless acts turns out to have crucial repercussions even years later.
Read through to see which bad childhood habits may affect you today.
Sleeping with the light on
Some children are afraid of the dark and prefer to sleep with the bedroom light on. According to a 2018 study, if you still continue to do so in your adult life, you might be exposed to a higher risk of depression.
Picking your nose
In 2006, researchers released a study after testing 324 people. They found that nose pickers had 51% higher chance of carrying the bacteria S. aureus—a bacteria that often resides in the nasal cavity.
Watching too much television
A study published in the journal Cerebral Cortex revealed that children who watched too much television have lower verbal IQ scores. Another study found that kids who spend too much time in front of the screen could have attention problems in their adolescence.
Drinking too many sugary drinks
Sucking your thumb
The older you get, the more you grow out of the thumb-sucking habit, but it can leave some long-term side effects. This bad habit can affect the alignment of your teeth or even impact the roof of your mouth.
Biting your nails
This habit can be difficult to break for many children and even adults. Nail biting can damage your teeth, damage the tissue that makes your nails grow, or cause an infection in the skin around your nail.
Sedentary behavior
Being too sedentary as a child can affect your adult life. Kids who have healthy activity levels are more likely to have healthy activity levels when they grow up.
Being bullied/bullying
While not exactly a habit if you’re the victim, according to a 2013 research, being bullied in your childhood can take a toll on your mental health as an adult.
Doing chores
If you were raised doing chores, you probably thought it was the most annoying thing ever. However, according to Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of the book ‘How to Raise an Adult,’ children who were raised to do chores are more likely to become independent, empathetic, and collaborative adults.
Holding your breath
Sucking on a pacifier for a long period
Children who suck on a pacifier for a significant period of time tend to have dental problems. Additional problems with speech or language development may also occur.
Chewing or sucking on toys
Some toys can contain lead—which is one of the most common sources of lead poisoning in children—and that can be harmful in the short- and long-term for the child.
Not learning how to cook
Being overweight
Overweight children are more likely to become obese adults, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The risk of developing health conditions like heart disease, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes is much higher.
Trying to be cool
Heavy backpack
Were you carrying a backpack that was too heavy when you were a child? That might be the reason why you have back pain today. According to a 2004 study, adults who suffer from chronic back pain already complained about pain or about their backpacks when they were little.
Poor oral health
A 2011 study published in the Journal of Dental Research states that maternal oral health has an influence on the children’s oral health. If a mother has poor oral hygiene, it is more likely that her child(ren) will follow in her footsteps.
Heavy backpack
Were you carrying a backpack that was too heavy when you were a child? That might be the reason why you have back pain today. According to a 2004 study, adults who suffer from chronic back pain already complained about pain or about their backpacks when they were little.
Playing in polluted playgrounds
Children who are exposed to polluted air are at a greater risk of reduced growth, according to the American Lung Association.
Growing up with smoking parents
Chewing the end of your pen
Chewing on your pen caps can be a form of self comfort, but it also results from feeling anxiety or stress. Much like thumb sucking, chewing might also damage the teeth.
Spending too much time on social media
Chronic stress
Early childhood adversity and toxic stress can lead to severe health problems like heart disease, cancer, alcoholism, depression, and other chronic diseases.
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