STRIPED’s Ariel Beccia Discusses Youth Health Trends and Disparities in NBC News
STRIPED researcher Ariel Beccia spoke with NBC News about the CDC’s latest report on teen health, based on findings from the 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The report examines recent trends in nutrition, mental health, sexual behavior, and other indicators of adolescent health across the United States.
While the report shows encouraging improvements in several areas, including daily fruit and vegetable consumption and the percentage of students participating in sports, Beccia cautions that overall trends in mental health, including eating disorders, can obscure important disparities between groups. She emphasizes the need to consider the broader social and economic conditions shaping young people’s mental health and to ensure that improvements are reaching youth across communities.
