In the News is a free service of TheFreeDictionary.com According to data collected in surveys for the Children's Society, more than 25% of 14 to 16 year olds agree with the statement: "I often feel depressed." Approximately 70% said that they feel the need to "look good," and many of the teens surveyed said they feel pressured by school concerns, classmates, and family. These results highlight the importance of addressing adolescents’ mental health needs and providing them with access to treatment. Some mental health professionals are quick to highlight that while these responses indicate that teens often feel sad, this does not mean that all who responded in the affirmative suffer from clinical depression.
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The World Health Organization views hunger as the number one threat to public health; it is responsible for a third of child deaths and 10% of all disease. Yet as the pressure to develop biofuel technologies mount, food crops are being diverted to the new industry and farmland is increasingly being used to grow biofuel crops. This has led to soaring food prices, and millions of people worldwide are now facing hunger and starvation. According to the World Food Programme, an extra 100 million people who previously did not require help can no longer afford to buy food. One expert has compared the food crisis to a "silent tsunami that respects no borders."
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