Teenage movies have convinced a lot of us that adolescents are obsessed with sex and drugs. But a new study from the CDC has revealed that today’s teens do not fit that stereotype. Inverse reports that according to the new results of the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, there has been a 20 percent decrease in the number of students who drank alcohol, a 15 percent decrease in the number of students who’ve had sex, and 6 percent decrease in their use of hallucinogenic drugs.
The report analyzed the data collected between 1991 and 2017 and seems to indicate that parents of teenagers can start breathing easier. But the CDC adds that there are more threats to their well-being on the horizon. The report noted that there has been a “linear increase” in obesity, which increased by 4.2 percent during the time period. They also found that the number of teens who said they had not been eating vegetables had increased by 3 percent as well.
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