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However several racial and ethnic differences regulated this picture.

It was found that Hispanic or black students were more likely to engage in physical fighting, risky sexual behaviors as well as be overweight compared to the white students. However binge drinking and smoking cigarettes were more common among the white students than the others.

Use of drugs and tobacco were less frequent among the Black students than their white and Hispanic peers. But they reported the maximum number of risky sexual encounters as well as sedentary habits such as watching TV three or more hours a day.

‘The data dispels myths that African-American youth have negative behaviors in all areas,’ said Dr. Renee Jenkins, professor and chairwoman of the department of pediatrics and child health at Howard University, in Washington, D.C. ‘There were also some surprises in the nutrition area, where African-Americans reported the highest percentage of eating fruits and vegetables more than five times a day.’

Jenkins also added. ‘We need to recognize the context of communities. Higher rates of TV watching and using computers have to be seen in the context of less-than-safe communities. Choices about how they spend time are determined to some extent by the communities in which they live.’

Looking at the overall picture the Hispanic youth lifestyle appears to be the most troubling where suicide attempts and use of drugs like heroin, cocaine and methamphetamines are particularly high. Latin girls especially appeared to persistently report feelings of hopelessness, sadness and attempting suicide.

According to Dr. Glenn Flores, professor of pediatrics, epidemiology and health policy at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, ‘I think this is a sentinel indicator for us to say there's something wrong with the childhood we're giving to our Latino kids,’ Flores
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