LGBT Youth Consult

New research on health-related behaviors of sexual minority youth


 

Ever took prescription drugs without a doctor’s prescription:

15.5% of heterosexual students.

24.3% of students not sure of their sexual identity.

27.5% of GLB students.

Physical Activity

Did not participate in at least 60 minutes of physical activity on at least 1 day in past week:

• 12.6% of heterosexual students.

• 27.0% of students not sure of their sexual identity.

• 25.7% of GLB students.

Dr. Chelvakumar is an attending physician in the division of adolescent medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at the Ohio State University, both in Columbus.

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