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Young people positive on health issues

Young people are largely positive about the state of their health, although significant numbers are battling with issues to do with their weight, binge drinkin, and smoking.

A survey of almost 750 people aged 15-24 by SpunOut.ie found that young men were more physically active than young women, but that young women were eating more fruit and vegetables.

“The data confirms that 15-24-year-olds in Ireland know how important their health is but they struggle to make changes needed to improve health and wellbeing,” said the SpunOut.ie executive director Ian Power.

The organisation’s first Youth Health Report found that those surveyed were “largely positive” about the general state of their health.

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Source: Cormac O'Keeffe, Irish Examiner, 02/11/15

Posted by drugs.ie on 11/02 at 02:10 PM in
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