Fact sheet: Adolescents and NCDs

Many NCDs are associated with behaviors that are established in adolescence, including harmful use of alcohol, tobacco use, sedentary lifestyle, and an unhealthy diet, which
disproportionately affects poor, vulnerable and less educated sections of our communities. We can improve the quality of lives of adolescents through multisectorial collaboration by scaling-up evidence-based interventions, so that all adolescents live a healthy life.