CDC youth survey finds improved teen mental health and lower suicide risk

Survey highlights student diets, sleep and nutrition as Kennedy priorities

The CDC’s latest Youth Risk Behavior Survey finds that mental health and suicide risk among U.S. teens has improved, according to NPR reporting published September 23. NPR’s Rhitu Chatterjee wrote the report, which carried the headline “CDC survey finds mental health and suicide risk among U.S. teens has improved.”

The same survey also highlighted students’ diets, sleep and nutrition, the NPR coverage said. The NPR report identified those three areas as priorities for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.