The full scale of the health problems facing today's young people is made apparent by new national statistics, and it makes chilling reading.
Sexually transmitted infections in under-20s have doubled between 1991 and 2001, while children are getting fatter and exercising less, and mental health problems show no signs of improvement.
The numbers are staggering, with sexually transmitted infections in under-20s increasing from just under 670,000 in 1991 to more than 1.3 million in 2001.
Melissa Dear, spokeswoman for fpa (formerly The Family Planning Association), says young people are aware of some infections, like chlamydia, but "translating that knowledge to the behavioural change to use condoms is the challenge".
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