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Australia is home to 4.6 million adolescents, aged ten to 24 years, which is over 18% of the total population. Our society is not conducive to optimising their wellbeing, despite evidence of associations between wellbeing and chronic disease outcomes and risks in adulthood, such as cardiovascular disease. Australia's growing burden of chronic diseases necessitates re‐evaluating our current approaches, encouraging all sectors to collaborate with adolescents on health and wellbeing initiatives.

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Authors: Stephanie R Partridge, Allyson R Todd, Si Si Jia and Rebecca Raeside, with the Health Advisory Panel for Youth at the University of Sydney (HAPYUS)

Article Type: Perspective