ABSTRACT This thesis was accomplished to gain knowledge whether or not the youths are overweight and if there is a connection to how they eat and exercise. In Dagens Nyheter Malin Byström wrote that 25% of children was overweight at the age of ten and 1998's statistics from the mandatory military service in Sweden show that 17,5% of the applicants were overweight. Studies that were made in USA ("Fetma ökar bland tonåringar", PrimaVi) showed even …showed first 75 words of 1283 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1283 total…guys want to look like the lifeguards on Baywatch. The difference is that to get the ideal male body with bulky muscles you have to exercise a lot and eat right. In other words, a guy has to live healthy to achieve his goal. Also girls need to live healthy to achieve their goals but many of them might have misunderstood the word diet, instead of eating healthy they think it's a matter of fasting.