Who doesn't want to have that summer glow in the middle of winter! But is that golden glow really worth your health?

Nearly 30 million people in the U.S. tan in tanning salons every year; on average, that's more than 1 million people a day who are baking themselves under tanning lamps. Ranging in age form 16 to 49 years. The indoor tanning industry's revenues have increased fivefold since 1992, to about $5 billion.

Using tanning beds comes with serious consequences including eye damage, cancer, and the weakening of your immune system.

Does it sometimes seem like everyone your age is having sex? Do you know anyone at your school who is pregnant or has a baby? Though teen pregnancy has been on the decline over the past decade, the United States still has the highest teen pregnancy rate of any western industrialized country.

It means that, if you're a girl in this country, you have a 34% chance of becoming pregnant by the time you're 20. And it's not just girls who are facing the consequences. The effects of teen parenthood also follow the young fathers and children throughout their lives.

New Year's resolution: A commitment that an individual makes to a project or the reforming of a habit, often a lifestyle change that is generally interpreted as advantageous. Each year about 45% of adults make it their resolution to lose weight. Out of those 100 million, only three in ten are actually seriously trying to do so.

Studies show 75% of Americans are overweight. According to overweight Americans trying to slim down the three hardest things are: finding enough time, exercising, and finding the strength and willpower to make it all happen.

Because of that, a lot of people try to take the easy way out. That is why there are hundreds of current diet pills on sale in the U.S. Diet pills have been known to cause heart attacks, cardiac arrest, dependence, metabolism disruption, chest pain and even death.

Not all people know the term of obesity by heart; they only know what it looks like. Obesity is used to describe body weight that is a lot greater than what can be considered healthy. If you are obese, you have a much higher amount of fat than lean muscle mass. In the United States today, there are 39% of people who are obese. While in 1990, the obesity rate was only 22%. In the observing process, there are more women who are obese than men. There are many myths about obesity that shouldn’t be believed: 65% of Americans are overweight or obese, obesity kills 400,000 Americans annually, obesity will shorten life expectancy, overeating is the primary cause of obesity, and obesity costs Americans $117 billion annually.

Wait! Before you grab that bag of chips, have you ever stopped to read the label? Most people don’t. So what does that black and white label really mean? At first glance the numbers and percents may look pretty intimidating.As you keep reading this article you will become more familiar with its format and see how this label can help you compare products for nutritional quality.