Adolescent health in the UK today
Back to Topic
Click to Print
Useful Websites
Glossary Term Selection
This article is 10 years old.
Click here to view the latest articles for this topic.
Key trends in adolescent health
There are two general views of adolescent health. On one hand, adolescence can be regarded as a time of general good health and physical fitness. This is not a life period dominated by the big threats of older age; heart problems, cancer and lung disease for example. In addition, medical advances have helped in the management of chronic conditions such as asthma and childhood diabetes. However, the second view is that there is, in fact, much to be worried abou...
Want to see the rest of this article?
Would you like to see the rest of this article and all the other benefits that Issues Online can provide with?
- Useful related articles
- Video and multimedia references
- Statistical information and reference material
- Glossary of terms
- Key Facts and figures
- Related assignments
- Resource material and websites
