Heavy Girls have Sex too
Dr Margaret
Villers conducted a study
that shows 6 percent of normal weight teens, 11 percent of overweight teens,
and 15 percent of obese teens had sex before the age of 13.
She doesn't
know why the obese teens had sex earlier, but she knows birth control isn't
used much. It's possible obese teens have low self-esteem and they don't like
their body so they feel good when a boy wants to have sex.
No matter
what your child's weight is, you need to talk to them about sex and keep the
line of communication open.
