# growing-up-in-ireland - Thursday 8 November, 2018
One quarter reported being physically active for at least 60 minutes every day.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Wednesday 17 October, 2018
A new report published today noted similar findings among parents of obese children.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Tuesday 7 November, 2017
A study has also found that boys are more likely than girls to find school difficult.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Thursday 19 October, 2017
A new report looks at how children experiencing transitioning between school levels.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Sunday 1 January, 2017
You can’t beat an east coast man …
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Thursday 3 November, 2016
Family and health the most important to teens while religion and politics are largely ignored.
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The finding is contained in the latest round of research from the Growing Up in Ireland study.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Wednesday 12 October, 2016
Low birth weights were found to have a possible lasting impact on a child’s growth and development.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Friday 1 January, 2016
You can’t beat em.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Wednesday 9 December, 2015
Boys are more likely to get injured than girls.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Wednesday 15 July, 2015
A new study assesses how children feel about living in Ireland.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Thursday 15 January, 2015
And it makes children weigh less at birth.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Wednesday 26 November, 2014
Almost 20,000 children are surveyed as part of the research.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Sunday 18 May, 2014
It’s NOT FAIR. I didn’t ASK to be born.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Wednesday 27 November, 2013
Their parents like them, they’re adjusting well to school, but 20 per cent are overweight.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Monday 4 November, 2013
The latest report from the Growing Up in Ireland study has examined the role of parenting on infant development.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Saturday 21 September, 2013
Plus: how much money is the Government hoping to get from the sale of Bord Gais Energy?
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Friday 20 September, 2013
Frances Fitzgerald said she was concerned about figures in a report published today which found “examples of three-year-olds eating hamburgers and crisps”.
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The latest findings of the large-scale Growing Up In Ireland study are out today. As well as detailing the health and wellbeing of 11,000 Irish three-year-olds, they also show the huge effect of the recession on Irish families.
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The long-term study focusing on childhood found a significant increase in the number of parents going through financial problems between 2008 and 2011.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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An ESRI conference heard boys are more likely than girls to be absent from school and less likely to do homework.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Thursday 29 November, 2012
Here’s what it’s like to be a young teenager living in Ireland.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Wednesday 2 May, 2012
New research shows that babies who are breastfed for six months or more have their chances of obesity by nine years cut by more than half.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Thursday 19 April, 2012
The Committee will hear proposals on how to tackle childhood obesity following the major report highlighting that one in four three-year-olds in Ireland today is overweight.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Friday 27 January, 2012
A study by the ESRI on nine-year-old children showed that there are many benefits to after-school activities for children – except when they have too many.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Friday 2 December, 2011
Latest figures showed children from disadvantaged backgrounds were more likely to have weight problems.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Thursday 10 November, 2011
The Government is considering restrictions on takeaways, after a report revealed one in four Irish children is overweight.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Friday 23 September, 2011
A new study about growing up in Ireland has revealed children’s hope and worries about the future – and showed how they feel about family life, school and friends.
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# growing-up-in-ireland - Monday 29 November, 2010
A study into childhood development breaks down the drinking and smoking habits of pregnant women in Ireland.
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