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- Title
…physical activity and risky behavior in teens.
- Abstract
The article examines how participation in regular physical activity may protect adolescents against risky behavior. Physically active adolescents not only improve their health but also reduce their chances of getting into trouble. Teens who participate in a wide range of physical activities, particularly with their parents or at community recreation centers, are less likely to engage in sex, substance use, violence and delinquency than their sedentary peers who spend more time watching television or videos. Physically active teens were also less likely to have low self-esteem, and more likely to score better grades than their sedentary counterparts.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL fitness for children; EXERCISE physiology; ADOLESCENT health; TEENAGE consumers; TEENAGE suicide; TEENAGERS' sexual behavior; BEHAVIOR disorders in children
- Publication
Brown University Child & Adolescent Behavior Letter, 2006, Vol 22, Issue 6, p2
- ISSN
1058-1073
- Publication type
Article