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Enhancing Understanding of Adolescent Health and Well-Being: The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study
Jo Inchley, Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens, Oddrun Samdal, Dorothy B. Currie ·
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The adolescent years are a critical transitional period within the life course during which rapid physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development occurs. Previously considered a relatively healthy stage of life, many of the major behavioral risk factors for noncommunicable diseases such as smoking, alcohol use, physical inactivity, and poor diet are established forming habits that track into adulthood. A second phase of intensive brain development occurs with enhanced sensitivity to environmental stimuli.