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Girls more likely use indoor tanning facilities than boys, and more frequently.
2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study looking at the indoor tanning behavior of white American teens shows that almost 37% of girls have used an indoor tanning facility at least once and almost 30% of girls report using a tanning booth three or more times.
The percentage of girls using tanning booths three or more times increased with age, from 11.2% of the 13- to 14-year-olds to 47% of 18- to 19-year-olds. Girls who participated in routine physical activity were less likely to use tanning booths, reported researchers with the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the University Hospitals of Cleveland.
The study appears in the September 2003 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
Lead author Catherine A. Demko, PhD, and colleagues also found that teens who tanned easily were more likely to use indoor tanning facilities than poor tanners.
Teenage boys reported less use of tanning booths than girls: a little more than 11% used a tanning booth at least once and 6.9% went to a tanning booth three or more times.
The study also found a higher percentage of indoor tanners among teens from the Midwest and South, from rural areas, and among dieters, as well as among teens reporting recent use of alcohol and tobacco. Information for the study came from a 1996 survey of ...
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