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Sunday 25 October 2020
20% of 17 and 18 year olds surveyed were found likely to be depressed.
The findings formed part of a study by the Economic and Social Research Institute.
Financial security and a good job were their priorities for the next 10 years, according to the Growing Up In Ireland report.
One quarter reported being physically active for at least 60 minutes every day.
A new report published today noted similar findings among parents of obese children.
A study has also found that boys are more likely than girls to find school difficult.
A new report looks at how children experiencing transitioning between school levels.
You can’t beat an east coast man …
Family and health the most important to teens while religion and politics are largely ignored.
The finding is contained in the latest round of research from the Growing Up in Ireland study.
Low birth weights were found to have a possible lasting impact on a child’s growth and development.
You can’t beat em.
Boys are more likely to get injured than girls.
A new study assesses how children feel about living in Ireland.
And it makes children weigh less at birth.
Almost 20,000 children are surveyed as part of the research.
It’s NOT FAIR. I didn’t ASK to be born.
Their parents like them, they’re adjusting well to school, but 20 per cent are overweight.
The latest report from the Growing Up in Ireland study has examined the role of parenting on infant development.
Plus: how much money is the Government hoping to get from the sale of Bord Gais Energy?
Frances Fitzgerald said she was concerned about figures in a report published today which found “examples of three-year-olds eating hamburgers and crisps”.
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.
The long-term study focusing on childhood found a significant increase in the number of parents going through financial problems between 2008 and 2011.
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
An ESRI conference heard boys are more likely than girls to be absent from school and less likely to do homework.
Here’s what it’s like to be a young teenager living in Ireland.
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.
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.
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.
Latest figures showed children from disadvantaged backgrounds were more likely to have weight problems.
The Government is considering restrictions on takeaways, after a report revealed one in four Irish children is overweight.
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.
A study into childhood development breaks down the drinking and smoking habits of pregnant women in Ireland.
WE’RE LESS THAN a week out from the scariest night of the year.
Halloween will look somewhat different this year but there’s nothing stopping us breaking out the box of decorations, throwing on a witch’s hat and doing up the outside of the house.
Cobwebs, ghouls and goblins, a scary pumpkin, there’s plenty of inspiration around at the moment as more and more people gear up for the 31st.
This morning, we want to know: Have you decorated your house for Halloween?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Richard Nairns details some of what he discovered when he moved to Ned’s Wood in Co Wicklow.
A couple of afternoon showers
Max: 11 °C
Min: 7 °C
Winds subsiding with a couple of showers
Max: 12 °C
Min: 5 °C
Clouds breaking, rain ending; breezy
Max: 11 °C
Min: 6 °C
