"Pregnancies not only have adverse health risks for adolescent mothers and their babies – these problems can persist into the next generation." adverse /ədˈvɜːrs/ adjective [usually before noun] negative and unpleasant; not likely to produce a good result adolescent /ˌædəˈlesənt/ adjective in or relating to the process of developing from a child into an adult persist /pərˈsɪst/ verb [I] to continue to exist persist into persist through persist for persist during 57 views17:05
