Teens Worldwide More at Risk

Growing Teens overweightand with health problems. A report in Lancet magazine compared the health condition of the children of the world in the 1990 ' s to 2016. They smoke less than a few years ago, continue to drink a lot, but above all, they are more often overweight and therefore increasingly vulnerable to many diseases.

1.8 billion Teens in the World

Lancet's Commission for the Health and Health of Teens monitored the tendency of 12 welfare indicators in 195 countries - from smoking education and alcoholism, from early marriages to poverty, from physical activity to sexual practices. The number of teenagers in the world has increased because of rising births in low - and medium - income countries: In 2016 they reached 1.8 billion, perhaps the largest number ever reached.

Health Worses

In some more developed countries, health conditions have improved, but the overall situation has deteriorated: 250 million more young people than in 1990 live in poorer countries and are exposed to risks ranging from infectious diseases to malnutrition, injury, and violence.

Globally, the main threat is nontransmittable diseases, which according to the report account account for 55% of all health problems. Initially, the overweight epidemic that included a boy from 5 in the world in 2016 - overweight teenagers increased from 147 million in 1990 to 32 million in 2016. But this is not the only problem: In countries with lower and medium incomes, 4 out of 10 girls have anemia. Therefore, gender discrimination is also a burden. Some 66 million children worldwide have been forced to marry.

About 300 million young people in the world have not completed middle education, and there is still a significant lack of gender equality in post-school opportunities, at the expense of young women.