COMMON HEALTH CONCERN AMONG TEENAGERS AND SOLUTIONS Adolescence has traditionally been viewed as a time of optimal health. And broadly speaking, adolescence is understood to mean the period between childhood and adulthood. Although the precise age range it encompasses is debatable, it is agreed that during this period young people experience rapid physical and cognitive growth, reach puberty, and move from the relative security of childhood to confront an array of social and other life challenges. Adolescents are defined here as 10- to 19-year-old and are currently 13.9 percent of the U.S. population. They are generally healthy, yet an overview of the health status of this demographic group illustrates the breadth of the public health challenge they present. Though, adolescence has a low mortality rates and relatively low rates of disability and chronic disease, but concern about health status of adolescence has increased in recent years. And a major reason fo...