Whatever Else You Think Of Teens, You Can't Say They're Overcautious

Who says teenagers are always reckless? Last year, students in grades 9-12 were more likely to eat five daily servings of fruits and vegetables (22 percent did so) than to have had four or more sexual partners in their lives (14.4 percent). And while 30.2 percent had recently ridden in a car with a driver who’d been drinking, just 18.2 percent seldom or never wear seat belts. These and a ton of other statistics come from the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System report, published this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.