Childhood habits that affect your adult life

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.

Heavy backpack

Sleeping with the light on

Picking your nose

Watching too much television

Drinking too many sugary drinks

Sucking your thumb

Biting your nails

Sedentary behavior

Being bullied/bullying

Doing chores

Holding your breath

Sucking on a pacifier for a long period

Chewing or sucking on toys

Not wearing sunscreen

Not learning how to cook

Being overweight

Trying to be cool

Poor oral health

Swallowing toothpaste

Not sleeping enough

Playing in polluted playgrounds

Growing up with smoking parents

Chewing the end of your pen

Spending too much time on social media

Sniffing markers

Eating "too healthy"

Chronic stress