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Why Adolescent Health Matters
Susan Sawyer and George Patton
“Fifty years ago, the very notion of adolescence, teenagers and youth was only starting to be recognised as a ‘life stage’, with little appreciation of the significance of health issues affecting the young at this time. Even 30 years ago, if you had asked people to describe which life stage they thought was the healthiest, many would unthinkingly have said ‘adolescence’ …”