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How do you think the media has depicted teen health?

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Unhealthy: I think that the media, accurately so, has depicted teen health as having issues with obesity, and, therefore, portrayed teens to be unhealthy.

Dr Ali and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 10/3/2016

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