Pregnancy Rate Higher For Teens Who Watch Sexy TV Shows
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(November 3, 2008)--Pregnancy rates are much higher among teenagers who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behavior compared with those who have tamer viewing tastes, groundbreaking research suggests.

The new study is the first to link those viewing habits with teen pregnancy.

The study involved about 2,000 12-to-17-year-old girls and boys nationwide who were questioned by telephone about their TV viewing habits.

The teens were first interviewed in 2001, and then were re-interviewed twice, the last time in 2004.

Participants were asked how often they watched any of more than 20 TV shows popular among teens at the time or which were found to have lots of sexual content including "Sex and the
City," "That 70s Show" and "Friends."

Pregnancies were twice as common among teens who said they watched such shows regularly, compared with teens who said they hardly ever viewed them.

The study is in the November issue of Pediatrics.
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Posted by: Tomika Location: Austin, Texas on Nov 4, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Teen pregnancy yes has increased dramataicly. Not, realizing the responsibilties of being a teen mom or dad.And not having enough programs for our children to go for them to progress as adults we have cut off so much from them.We have to stop shielding them from sex education let them about the cause and effect of the out come. To show them that it si woth the wait not having a baby will make life easy it will stop you from being the kid that you are.
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