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Teen Boys Lie About Sex — This probably won’t come as a big surprise to anyone privy to locker-room banter, but a new study found that many teen boys exaggerate their sexual exploits. The study, sponsored by Seventeen magazine and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, found that 60 percent of teen youth lied about something related to sex. Nearly a third said they fibbed about how far they’ve gone, sexually speaking, and a quarter claimed to not be virgins when, in fact, they were. And a whopping 78 percent say there’s “way too much pressure” to have sex. “People watch shows like Jersey Shore and Real World or listen to music that makes it a big deal,” says 17-year-old Jake Helgenberg. “People are surrounded by it.” (USA Today)

I Want My (Blank) TV — MTV, the iconic network that introduced the world to music videos, has finally acknowledged what its viewers have known for a long time: It’s no longer about music at all. MTV has expunged the words “music television” from its logo and now features pictures of its myriad reality stars in its oversize “M.” “If you watch the channel, you’ve seen that it’s definitely going in a new direction,” says Tina Exarhos, executive vice president of marketing and multiplatform creative projects. “We really wanted to see the logo featured in a new way, and this was really meant to be able to house all the great things that are happening at MTV at anytime.” (New York Daily News)

Overweight Children More Likely to Die Early as Adults — People who were obese youth are twice as likely to die before age 55 than folks who grew up with a more healthy weight, according a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. In addition, the study showed that children who had high blood sugar levels were 73 percent more likely to die early than those who had low blood sugar levels. (HealthDay News)

The Eyes Have It — The latest trend in youth fashion: Colored contact lenses. And according to some officials, teens are trading different colored contacts with each other. “There’s a risk of bacterial infection which can irritate the surface of the eye and cause decrease in vision,” says optometrist Dr. Mark Lipton. (WVEC.com)

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