Thread: Fewer US teens smoking, doing drugs, having sex ... and drinking milk

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Fewer US teens smoking, doing drugs, having sex ... and drinking milk

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Oh, and they're drinking less milk, too.

The milk isn't the problem, it what they are drinking instead. The big complaint recently is the sodas and high sugar products that are the mainstay today.

One trend that stood out was the drop in drinking milk, which started falling for all Americans after World War II.

That doesn't support that idea that milk is the cause for obesity and other health problems.

In recent decades, teens have shifted from milk to soda, then to Gatorade and other sports drinks and recently to energy drinks like Monster and Red Bull.

Yes, a really healthy change!

One caveat: Most students were not asked about energy drinks so how many kids drink them now isn't known.

So the leftist writers are free to speculate about the alternatives!

Kids have shifted from a dairy product rich in calcium and vitamin D to beverages laden with sugar and caffeine, which is likely contributing to the nation's obesity problem, said Barry Popkin, a University of North Carolina researcher who studies how diets change.

Ah ha!

and there's no check of medical records or other documents to verify answers.

So, not a "scientific" survey!

Some of the findings:
— Not as many teen are having sex, although there wasn't much change from the 2015 survey results. Last year, about 40 percent said they'd ever had sex, down from 48 percent a decade ago.

A little surprising considering the amount of sex in TV shows and movies these days. The endorsement of free sex in such shows as The Bachelor!

— There was no substantial recent change for cigarette smoking, either. About 9 percent are current smokers, down from more than 27 percent when the survey started in 1991.

Maybe that's because The Marlboro Man isn't showing children the way to be grown up throughout their childhood. Add to that the high cost of cigarettes and the restriction on where one can smoke. A small positive result of laws against it.

Ditto alcohol, with 30 percent saying they currently use alcohol, down from 51 percent in 1991.

They just switched to pot!

But overall, illegal drug use seems to be falling, including for synthetic marijuana, ecstasy, heroin, inhalants, and LSD and other hallucinogenic drugs.

That's why several states have declared emergencies to deal with opiate abuse. It doesn't add up!

Originally Posted by Judy

Things are different today for the kids than it was when you were a kid. You probably a big yard or a safe little town to run around in. Most kids today don't have either one.

Because politicians want us to crowd together in large cities where water and supplies must be imported for people to survive. All the land we have going to waste. I realize there are financial advantages to housing people one on top of the other, but there is also a cost.