It is true that pubs these days, where everyone is going through a difficult time due to the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, has a positive effect of surrogate satisfaction, but experts as well as adults and teenagers want to imitate just by watching the drinking scenes. pointed out as a major problem that it can encourage
As a result of a recent online survey conducted by the Korea Health Promotion and Development Institute on 1,057 adults between the ages of 20 and 65 in 17 cities and provinces across the country, the more frequently they are exposed to drinking scenes in the media, the more ‘positive drinking expectations’ and motives for drinking increase. and drinking problems are on the rise.
Director Jeon Jeon Jun of the Department of Internal Medicine, Dasarang Central Hospital, designated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said, “The problems such as exaggerated behavior and use of profanity in drinking broadcasts are due to the suppression of the central nervous system’s control function due to the consumption of a large amount of alcohol. This is because it is easy to act emotionally. and pointed out the problem.
According to a survey on the perception of video classification and the use of videos by youths conducted by the Video Rating Board, in 2021, the average time spent watching videos for teenagers was about 5 hours (294.6 minutes) per day. Above all, in this survey, 54.3% of adolescents who responded to the question of whether they had watched harmful videos within 6 months answered ‘have seen it’.
So, what are the adverse effects of alcohol on adolescence? Alcohol damages almost all tissues of the human body, including stomach, pancreas, liver, heart, blood vessels, brain, and nervous tissue. Furthermore, since the body tissues of adolescents are not yet fully matured, tissue destruction caused by alcohol causes more serious problems.
In particular, frequent exposure to alcohol during a time when students should be immersed in their actual studies leads to a decline in memory or thinking ability, leading to a decline in learning ability. In addition, if a large amount of alcohol is consumed during adolescence, aggressive tendencies are established and there is a high risk of committing criminal acts such as various delinquency, interpersonal problems, and sexual violence.
Director Jeon Jeon-jun of the Department of Internal Medicine at Dasarang Central Hospital said, “It is a pity that the frequency of exposure to harmful videos is gradually increasing as the time spent watching videos increases significantly due to the prolonged COVID-19 outbreak. It is an important time when more active attention and intervention at the national level are required more than ever so as not to adversely affect the youth.”
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