affecting today’s teenagers is the increase in the rate of teen obesity. According to the American Obesity Association‚ about 30.4 percent of teenagers are overweight‚ and 15.5 percent of teens are obese (1). This means that 45.9 percent of teens are at risk for developing health problems due to weight. It is important to note that weight gain during the teen years is normal. It is when that weight gain progresses beyond normal limits that teens become at risk for obesity. Generally speaking‚ a person
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Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. Fourteen percent of all deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents are teenagers. Teenage deaths due to cars occur a little over fifty percent of the time on weekends. Of all teen drivers being killed in car accidents‚ forty five percent of the time there is a passenger in the car. Statistics show that 16 and 17-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger. Speeding is a major factor in teenagers driving
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climbing. With teenage pregnancy running rampant‚ it has become a greater problem. Teens that get impregnated a young age go through many hardships‚ such as having financial issues‚ getting an education‚ and keeping a steady job‚ all while caring for a child. It seems as though there are pregnant teens everywhere you look. Teens feel the need to have sex at younger and younger ages‚ resulting in more pregnancies. In fact‚ teen pregnancy in the United States is at an all time high as compared to other Western
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Teen Marriage and Divorce Marriage is an institution whereby men and women are joined socially and legally‚ usually for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family. When teens get generalization married at an early age‚ they few to get a divorce. The reasons for marrying at an early age have changed dramatically over the years. Many young people today are getting married at a very young age and they’re doing it all for the wrong reasons. The reason why young teens marry so young is because
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Daneshia Alberty Campbell EnglishIII-7 11 February‚ 2011 Teen Suicide Essay Teen suicide is one of the fastest killers for young teenagers. Every year thousands of teens die in the United States. There are many different reasons of why young teens commit suicide. Family issues‚ low self-esteem‚ and bullying are three of the many leading factors towards suicide for teens. Problems at home can cause a teenager to take their lives. Abuse in the home of the teenager can most often establish a
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APA Requirements: It is important that you format your work in APA. Formatting includes the following: Do not use the center tab‚ everything should be left justified. 1 inch margins on all 4 sides of your paper. Paper must be double-spaced and paragraphs are indented 5 spaces. Do not double return between paragraphs. An abstract is not needed for an APA paper unless you are writing
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a good side of getting pregnant. In my opinion girls need to graduate high school and not worry about a baby. Teenage girls watch a lot of shows that make it seem okay to get pregnant. Shows like Teen Mom‚ 16 & pregnant‚ and The Secret Life of an American Teenager are shows that portray sex. In Teen Mom they like to show all of the parents helping the child out and the family having a good time but they don’t show the real struggle. TV shows like to leave out the bad things that could come along
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A drug is a substance which may have medicinal‚ intoxicating‚ performance enhancing or other effects when taken or put into a human body or the body .For other uses‚ see Drug (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Coffee is the most widely used psychoactive drug beverage in the world. In 1999‚ the average consumption of coffee was 3.5 cups per day per U.S. citizen.[1] Wine is a common alcoholic beverage.[2] A drug is a substance which may have medicinal‚ intoxicating‚ performance enhancing or
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other countries‚ has its drug-related crimes. Crimes that are committed through the use of drugs such as rohypnol‚ ecstasy‚ GHB‚ GBL‚ ketamine‚ methamphetamine‚ and PCP‚ otherwise known as club drugs. Club drugs‚ often found at nightclubs‚ bars‚ and “raves”‚ is a genera term used to refer primarily to synthetic psychoactive substances. The use of these club drugs has been increasing rapidly according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. I believe these club drugs are the drugs that contribute most
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Mini Research Paper “While most teens are not even thinking about getting married when they are in high school‚ there are some teens who believe that they have found their soul mate and plan to get married at a young age. Marriage is a serious commitment and a life choice‚ so teens need to know what they are getting into. It is not a decision that should be made in haste.” –http://www.child.net/articals/marriage/ Teen marriage is fading away from society. It is no longer considered
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