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Health Behavior in School-aged Children Study (HBSC) was conducted in five European countries in 1983/1984 for the first time. It is a WHO collaborative cross-sectional study which involves a wide network of multinational researchers. It is repeated every four years. Forty three countries including Turkey participated in the 2009/2010 study. HBSC study is a detailed study that investigates health, well-being and health behaviors of school-aged children and the determinants of these behaviors in all participating countries through the same questionnaire. The results of the study are published both as international and national reports. Related United Nation's Organizations and WHO use the results of this study as indicators of adolescents' health status. According to the Turkish 2005/2006 HBSC study results, 30.3% of the students reported their health as excellent, 51.2% as good, 14.9% as fair and 3.6% as poor. Fifty nine percent of the students reported that they experience one or more health symptoms more than once a week or almost everyday. Only 30.1% of the students' life satisfaction scores were above the median value. According to HBSC 2005/2006 study international report, both female and male Turkish students had the lowest life satisfaction scores than those of the other 40 participating countries. Similarly, the ratio of Turkish students who brush their teeth regularly were the lowest among the participating countries. Our national team members believe that this study is important for promoting and improving Turkish adolescents' health and work hard for institutionalization of the study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]