Adolescence is supposed to be the healthiest of times in our lives. But open any newspaper and you’re likely to find an article about the health problems of today’s youth. Whether it’s drugs or alcohol-fuelled violence, obesity, cyberbullying or sexting, you will most likely come away thinking this generation is in jeopardy. So what is going on?

Read more from Professors George Patton and Susan Sawyer in an article from The Conversation available at: http://theconversation.com/healthy-youth-is-key-to-a-healthy-life-but-australia-remains-behind-28264

This is the last piece in The Conversation’s Another Country: Youth in Australia series. See the rest of the series here.