Watching More Sex on TV Linked to Pregnancy

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According to a study, teens who watch a lot of TV shows with sexual content are more than twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy. Two thousand adolescents nationwide ages 12 to 17, were surveyed about their television watching habits and sexual behavior. The researchers surveyed the same teens 3 years later. Results indicate that teens who watched the most sexual content on TV were twice as likely to have become pregnant or caused a pregnancy compared to the teens who watched the least amount of sexual content on TV.

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