Teen Health

Miramar teens like their watery jobs (Miami Herald)

20 Jul 2008

Two Miramar high-school students bucked ordinary teen jobs this summer to dive into city water for eight weeks. ''It benefits all the way around. I'm learning something, making money and not flipping burgers,'' said Sean Tracey, 17, a summer intern at Miramar's water treatment plant on the city's southwest edge.

Teen years may bring laziness for some kids (The Oklahoman)

20 Jul 2008

CHICAGO — One of the largest studies of its kind shows just how sluggish American children become once they hit the teen years: While 90 percent of 9-year-olds get a couple of hours of exercise most days, fewer than 3 percent of 15-year-olds do. What's more, the study suggests that fewer than a third of teens that age get even the minimum recommended by the government — an hour of ...

Panel set to talk on teen pregnancy (Boston Globe)

20 Jul 2008

The Gloucester School Committee will meet in special session Wednesday to hear from specialists on how best to approach the rising teen pregnancy rate at Gloucester High School.