{"id":6330,"date":"2014-07-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/?p=6330"},"modified":"2014-07-02T07:02:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T11:02:11","slug":"teen-health-risk-report-card-how-does-your-teen-fare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2014\/07\/teen-health-risk-report-card-how-does-your-teen-fare.html","title":{"rendered":"Teen Health Risk Report Card: How Does Your Teen Fare?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"468734_teen_talk\"<\/a>A new government survey on teens and health risk behaviors has been released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) looks at six types of health risk behaviors that contribute to leading causes of death and disability. The National Risk Behavior Survey was given to over 13,000 high schoolers in 2013 and noted the following:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0 If you think your message to not text and drive is falling on deaf ears, you may be right. 41.4% of teens admitting they are texting or emailing while driving a car despite all the directives\u00a0to not<\/em> text and drive.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0 Smoking marijuana, having sex and heavy TV watching have not decreased among teens in the past two years.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0 Students report spending more time in front of computers. That means more sedentary behavior!<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0 Students also are more likely to carry a gun, not necessarily to school, but reported carrying a gun at least once in a 30-day period.<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0\u00a0 Cigarette smoking is seeing a decline. This is important in that smoking remains the leading cause of preventable fatal disease. But more kids are trying e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco, thinking these are safe alternatives. They are not!<\/p>\n

6)\u00a0\u00a0 Teen drinking ranges from 11% (Utah) to 39.3% (New Jersey) in others. Underage drinking remains a problem.<\/p>\n

7)\u00a0\u00a0 Use of hard drugs like heroin, cocaine, etc. has fallen, but marijuana use remains about the same (23.4%). And the next survey in 2015\u00a0will factor in the rising legalization of pot in several states.<\/p>\n

8)\u00a0\u00a0 Condom use has dropped slightly even thought sexual activity is reported to be about the same (46.8%).<\/p>\n

9)\u00a0\u00a0 Since questions about electronic bullying were added in 2011, teens report a drop from 16.2% to 14.8%, but also reported a rise in feeling unsafe at school.<\/p>\n

10) \u00a0Finally, teens report a slight rise in suicidal feelings. We have to do better when it comes to identifying teens at risk for suicide and depression.<\/p>\n

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