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

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

    Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer
    ,Associated Press•June 14, 2018

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Fewer U.S. teens are smoking, having sex and doing drugs these days. Oh, and they're drinking less milk, too.

    Less than one-third of high school students drink a glass of milk a day, according to a large government survey released Thursday. About two decades ago, it was nearly half.


    Last year's survey asked about 100 questions on a wide range of health topics, including smoking, drugs and diet. Researchers compared the results to similar questionnaires going back more than 25 years.


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

    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.


    The survey showed slightly fewer kids are drinking soda and sports drinks now, compared to the last survey in 2015.


    One caveat: Most students were not asked about energy drinks so how many kids drink them now isn't known. A study from a decade ago estimated that nearly a third of kids between the age of 12 and 17 were regularly drinking energy drinks.


    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.


    "This is not a healthy trend for our long-term health," he said.


    For teens, the government recommends 3 cups daily of dairy products — milk, yogurt or cheese.


    The survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is conducted every two years.

    About 15,000 students at 144 high schools were surveyed last year. The surveys are anonymous and voluntary, and there's no check of medical records or other documents to verify answers.


    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.
    — 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. Ditto alcohol, with 30 percent saying they currently use alcohol, down from 51 percent in 1991.
    — Marijuana use seems to hovering, with about 36 percent of students saying they had ever tried it. But overall, illegal drug use seems to be falling, including for synthetic marijuana, ecstasy, heroin, inhalants, and LSD and other hallucinogenic drugs. For the first time, the survey asked if they had ever abused prescription opioid medications. About 14 percent did.
    — Another first-time question: Have you had a concussion from a sport or physical activity at least once in the previous year? Nationally, 15 percent said they had. The finding may sound high but it's not far off from what's been reported by some other researchers, said Michael Collins, who runs a University of Pittsburgh-affiliated sports concussion program.

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    3 cups of dairy products daily?! No wonder we have an obesity problem in the US.
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    Well...I'm glad they are not having sex. We need to end breed and feed programs too. Stop forcing taxpayers to pay for peoples' romp in the sack!

    I would rather pay for free vasectomies, tubal ligations and birth control then paying people to breed for a living...disgusting!
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    I've said for a long time we need to remove maternity benefits from Medicaid. It's not right to force taxpayers to pay for this when most struggle to pay for their own. It's not right, not right at all. I want Americans to feel free and comfortable to breed as they choose, but at their own expense. You can't Make America Great Again forcing the responsible to pay for the irresponsible. It's just wrong.
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    AND NO TAXPAYER FUNDED MATERNITY CARE FOR ILEGAL ALIENS!

    NO HEALTH CARE FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS!

    NOW WE ARE FORCED TO PAY FOR A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT FOR AN ILLEGAL ALIEN INSTEAD OF THEM DEPORTING HIM. GET HIM OUT OF HERE...HE CAN GO GET A KIDNEY IN HIS DAMN COUNTRY! LET THE DAMN JUDGE WHO STOPPED HIS DEPORTATION PAY FOR IT.

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    It's just outrageous what's going on in our country. Disgusting indeed!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
    3 cups of dairy products daily?! No wonder we have an obesity problem in the US.
    I don't think 3 cups of milk is the problem. I'd pretty much say my children and I are proof of that. The problem today is kids are spending too much time on the couch, cell phones, and computers playing games and whatnot. When I was a child we didn't have all those gadgets and played outside from morning to night unless school was in session. I think less physical activity is the problem with children today. Right or wrong, that's my opinion.

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    The guidelines didn't say 3 cups of milk. It said 3 cups of dairy products, such milk, cheese, yogurt, etc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
    The guidelines didn't say 3 cups of milk. It said 3 cups of dairy products, such milk, cheese, yogurt, etc.
    Milk is a dairy product. So I'm guessing you disagree with my opinion on lack of physical activity being the primary problem?

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    So is cheese. I don't disagree, I don't have an opinion on it. 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.
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