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Adolescence is generally a healthy period of life compared with early childhood and old age.However, the recent improvements in mortality seen in young children have not been matched in teenagers, and adolescent morbidity shows worrying trends in key areas such as mental health, sexual health, and cardiovascular risk.As behaviours that both increase and protect against poor health outcomes in later life are laid down in adolescence, increased public health, policy, and clinical focus on the health of young people will have important benefits for the long term health of the population. Health problems in adolescence, and adolescent behavioural and health problems that may lead to major health problems in later life*Problems affecting young people disproportionately-Accidental injury, intentional injury, substance misuse, teenage
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