Introduction
The basic difference in how we live active, healthy lifestyles sets the difference in the probability of developing Dementia in the future. Indeed, being active has several benefits, as it boosts personal mental health, manages the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, and gives us quality lifestyles through boosted personal energy levels. This research then seeks to enlarge the existing healthy lifestyle interventions to build a strong correlation between the need to live active, healthy lifestyles at a teenage age to offset the development and progress of Dementia. What is well evident to society is the emotional and physical suffering and the financial toll on the families and the individuals that have Dementia. Sadly, there exists no sufficient research on the mitigative measures that are implementable to tame Dementia. Indeed, Dementia is a syndrome per the ineffective diagnosis based on social norms for cognition and function. There is an argument that early diagnosis of Dementia and its causative agents may do more harm than good to the individual, such as raising expectations of an effective treatment that are currently absent. Additionally, approaching the issue of Dementia at a young age leads to aging and death thoughts which could lower the life moods of the individuals. However, there exists some light in the future in the instant applicability of these research findings as the saddening fate of Dementia on our fellow members of society will be effectively tamed at a young age. Then, how do we effectively implement the essential control measures that will offset the development and progress of Dementia?
Effective Measures of Taming Dementia
Alqahtani et al., in their article ‘Cardiovascular Disease Detection using Ensemble Learning. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience,’ (2022) suggest effective technological cardiovascular prediction systems essential to deal with chronic diseases. As dementia and associated drivers continue to be society’s most significant challenges, they have become essential medical topics in today’s health discussions. Researchers have developed cardiovascular prediction aids that supplement medical heart disease control practices such as practicing enough sleep and regular exercise. These prior healthy lifestyles are regarded essential in relieving the body of undue mental stress and burning excess fat and cholesterol that would have been the causative agents of heart diseases and stroke, the key drivers of Dementia. As Alqahtani et al. discuss intuitively, there is a deep essence in applying Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) approaches in determining a person’s likelihood of developing heart conditions. The use of Machine Learning jas already proven to be significantly reliable in predicting the probability of youth having future heart complications. These technological interventions at an earlier age will be essential in prescribing effective control practices to the individual. Effective prediction of the future probability of chronic disease and the prescription of the necessary health lifestyle practices on the diagnosed individual guarantees instances of dealing with Dementia.
As Barha suggests in “Reshaping the Path of Mild Cognitive Impairment by Refining Exercise Prescription: A Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial to Understand the ‘What,’ ‘for Whom,’ and ‘How’ of Exercise to Promote Cognitive Function,” (2022) the prescription of necessary control measures such as exercises effectively tamed cardiometabolic risk factors of Dementia such as type 2 diabetes. Thus, if we can effectively predict the probability of chronic disease and intervene with prescription-induced healthy practices, we can effectively deal with chronic diseases that induce Dementia. Effective dealing with Dementia agentive diseases will help prevent cases of adulthood dementia in the future. Thus, individuals’ youthful lifestyle could impact the probability of suffering from Dementia at an early age. The prescription of exercise at a young age bears the essence of taming the causative agents of Dementia. If an exercise can be used to tame future Dementia, then the future risks of dementia cases are entirely dependent on the lifestyle practices of teenagehood. Therefore, as per Shao’s discussion, the roles of the parents and the teachers in ensuring teenagers practice healthy lifestyles are immense. With the modern ease of accessing mobile phones to children and teenagers, there is a significant rise in toxic culture due to the mental distress and metabolic dysfunctions associated with mobile game addiction. Game addiction is also an evident cause of sleep deprivation, leading to sleeping disorders as adolescents play games even during essential sleeping times. Thus, teenagers cannot get the recommended amount of sleep of at least 7hrs of sleep per night. These sleeping hrs are recommended by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society, NSF, American Thoracic Society, and American Heart Association. Additionally, these sleep recommendations have also been adopted by the Centres for Disease Control (CDC). Sleeping disorders are well attributed to mental distress and metabolic dysfunctions. Though games are considered essential in fulfilling personal interests and developing cooperation within a team, they bear the high potential of shifting the social ecology. Additionally, mental distress and metabolic dysfunction are well-linked to inactivity, obesity, and being overweight. Inactivity as a consequence of playing video games results in obesity. Furthermore, obesity, diabetes, and hypertension are the agents of Dementia in old age.
Game addiction and sleeping disorders are hence the most toxic characteristics of children and adolescents that need to be addressed by parents and school instructors. Sigurdsson and Avas’ research findings indicate that only 49% of Americans have the recommended amount of sleep regularly (Sigurdsson & Avas, 2007). Considering the facts from a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies that relate sleeping problems to obesity, weight gain, and the likelihood of multiple cardiovascular risks, there is a dire need to save our teenagers from the agents of sleeping disorders. Taming the mutual domestication present in our young generation and effectively dealing with sleep apnea is a primary route towards a sustainable dementia-free future in society. This is achievable through the appropriate application of game literacy education. Additionally, this intervention will be essential in offsetting the current statistics regarding sleeping disorders. Parents and teachers have a role in ensuring that the games are teenage-appropriate and exercising authority on the virtual games played by teenagers. Effective control of dementia causative agents at teenage is thus essential to control the negative implications associated with Dementia.
This project also seeks to incorporate the practical assessment of eating habits among teenagers in the assay of keeping Dementia at bay. This proposal is per the findings of Shayan-Moghadam and others in their fruitful research on Iranian teenage girls. Their results delved that weight prevalence was 11.3% and obesity at 10.2%. Skipping breakfast was also prevalent, as 10.6% of the respondents enjoyed 16.2 % of fast foods weekly. An additional 27.1% of the subjects also reported sleeping 8hrs a day, less than the recommended sleeping time. Furthermore, low physical activity was prevalent (Shayan-Moghadam, 2020). Considering these facts, the adolescent responders’ lifestyles are evidence full of dementia causative agents. Though Sigurdson and Najib suggest a lack of sufficient research linking sleep disorders to sleeping disorders and thus propose further research, sleep apnea needs to be considered an agent of obesity and other Dementia. In his article, Shayan-Moghadam suggests a need to improve lifestyle habits such as enough sleep, eating healthy foods, and being active. He suggests that these considerations must be addressed as a public health plan for promoting health and primordial prevention of chronic diseases (Shayan-Moghadam, 2020). Thus, considering the direct association of chronic diseases with Dementia, then improving the lifestyle habits of teenagers is a crucial part of the collective efforts to tame Dementia.
Conclusion
Indeed, we can only successfully deal with senior-age Dementia through essential interventions at the teenage stage of life. These interventions range from the actual application of Machine Learning that will be applicable inaccurate identifying the probability of dementia causative agents at teenage and hence prescribe essential training practices at an early age. Taming virtual game addiction, addressing sleeping challenges in teenagers, and developing a culture of healthy lifestyle habits are important ways to reduce Dementia in the future. These articles are also essential tools for future interventions that address contemporary health issues such as cancer as they advocate for essential good lifestyle habits. Therefore, applying the articles above by the respective authors will make the project effective as they present effective practices that tame chronic diseases. Furthermore, as Barha and associates suggest, establishing different types of efficiency and combinations of exercise advances our ability to offset or delay the development and progress of Dementia, a growing threat to global health. Thus, the future needs to be built from today; hence we need to inculcate good lifestyle habits and apply essential technology to abate the health menace of Dementia.
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