By Kendall Stewart
According to a recent article in the New York Times, obese teens are just as likely to die prematurely as smokers. But this comes as no surprise to me – did we not know this before? It seems to me that almost everyone knows the health complications that come with being obese: [...]
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Get Rid of the Smokescreen Around Obesity: One Teen’s Viewpoint
March 17th, 2009 by Teen Contributor · No Comments · Obesity Prevention, Teens
Tags: childhood obesity·Obesity Prevention·smoking·Teen Health·Teens
Smoking Gets the Snuff From Teens: Report
December 22nd, 2008 by Karen Feldscher · No Comments · Teen Health, Teens
Amidst all the bad news — the failing U.S. economy, continued violence in Iraq — comes some truly positive news: teen smoking is at its lowest rate since the early 1990s.
In fact, teens have been smoking less and less for 12 years now. According to an annual survey of adolescent behavior reported recently in the [...]
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