Living good, starting young
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From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I'm Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat.
Risky behaviors can result in injury and death. But healthy habits keep you going. So it's best to avoid risky behaviors early.
At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Danice Eaton says compared to teens in 1991, today's teens are more apt to do the right things like wearing seatbelts and not drinking.
But Eaton says improvement is still needed:
:"For example, we are seeing 1 in 4 high school students saying that they've ridden in a car with a driver who'd been drinking alcohol. Three out of four have drunk alcohol." (10 seconds)
Eaton says parents can help teens develop motivation and skills by talking with them about the dangers of risky behaviors and the importance of choosing friends wisely.
The data are in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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HHS HealthBeat is a production of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I'm Ira Dreyfuss.