Young people smoking and drinking less but numbers eating fruit and vegetables rising.
Children say they are smoking and drinking less, eating more fruit and vegetables, and fewer sweets, according to a national survey of health behaviour in school-aged children.
The Health Promotion Research Centre Survey of 13,611 children, aged eight to 17, found a drop in reported levels of smoking and drunkenness, but an increase in the number of older children who say they’ve had sex.
Occasions of smoking and drunkeness dropped between 2014 and the last study in 2010, while the numbers of students saying they had never consumed alcohol increased.
Source: Olivia Kelly, The Irish Times, 10/12/15
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