From the NHI last week come the following "Most Behaviors Preceding Major Causes of Preventable Death Have Begun By Young Adulthood"
By the time they reach early adulthood, a large proportion of American youth have begun the poor practices contributing to three leading causes of preventable death in the United States: smoking, overweight and obesity, and alcohol abuse. This finding is according to an NIH-funded analysis of the most comprehensive survey of adolescent health behavior undertaken to date.
The analysis also found that significant health disparities exist between racial groups, and that Americans are less likely to have access to health care when they reach adulthood than they did during the teenage years.
The original study comes from the Jan 2006, Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
We need to start young to teach appropriate behaviors. At some time schooling will have to include behavioral modification. When I went to school 60 years ago "proper behavior" was part of intsruction!
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