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    Teenagers in Ireland have unhealthy lifestyles according to the document. About a quarter of teenagers are overweight or obese, and they consume less than the recommended three servings of fruits and vegetables per day. While physical activity levels have slightly improved, over 40% of adolescents do not get the recommended 60 minutes of exercise per day. Mental health issues among Irish youth are also a growing crisis, with waiting lists for treatment over two years long and a significant increase in depression and anxiety, exacerbated by the pandemic.

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    Teenagers in Ireland have unhealthy lifestyles according to the document. About a quarter of teenagers are overweight or obese, and they consume less than the recommended three servings of fruits and vegetables per day. While physical activity levels have slightly improved, over 40% of adolescents do not get the recommended 60 minutes of exercise per day. Mental health issues among Irish youth are also a growing crisis, with waiting lists for treatment over two years long and a significant increase in depression and anxiety, exacerbated by the pandemic.

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    Teenagers in Ireland have unhealthy lifestyles according to the document. About a quarter of teenagers are overweight or obese, and they consume less than the recommended three servings of fruits and vegetables per day. While physical activity levels have slightly improved, over 40% of adolescents do not get the recommended 60 minutes of exercise per day. Mental health issues among Irish youth are also a growing crisis, with waiting lists for treatment over two years long and a significant increase in depression and anxiety, exacerbated by the pandemic.

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    Healthy lifestyle of

    teenagers in Ireland
    Sara Šantek, Tamara Vitković, Petar Đuričin
    Eating
    habits

    Physical
    health

    Table of
    Issues
    regarding
    mental

    contents: health

    Sources
    the highest scoring eating behaviour style was external eating

    a quarter of teenagers are classified as being overweight or


    obese

    consuming less than three servings of fruits and vegetables a


    Eating habits day while consumption of sugar, salt and saturated fat is
    higher than recommended

    The average daily intake of potatoes and potato products was


    84g

    About 18% of calories were provided by ‘top shelf’ foods


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    Physical health
    • Teens C grade
    • 2016 slight improvement
    • D grade for organized sports
    • 40-46% of adolescents are getting enough
    of physical excercise
    • Recommended amount of excercise is 60
    minutes a day
    Issues regarding mental health
    • growing mental health crisis of children and
    youngsters in Ireland
    • CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health
    Services)
    • demand increased by 33% (2020.-2021.)
    • number of cases increased by 21% (2020.-2021.)
    • the big increase caused by Covid-19
    • waiting lists – up to two years
    • number of children on the waiting list increased
    from 2755 to 4434 (Dec.2020. - Feb.2023. )
     Likeliness of experiencing mental health
    difficulties:
    § 1 in 3 (by the age of 13)
    § over 50% (by the age of 24)
    § Suicide rate for ages 15 - 19 – the 4th highest
    in EU
    § Stressors: school, bullying, drugs, family
    situations...
    § The system is overloaded and understaffed
    § Medication - a substitute for other treatments
    § Prescribed antidepressants: 15113 children 15
    years old or younger
    § Increase of 130% in the last 10 years
    § HSE (Health Service Executive)
    § CAMSH and mental health of the youth -
    priority
    § 22.6 million euros of funding in last six years
    Sources

    •https://www.youth.ie/articles/mental-health/
    •https://health.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2021-12/2021_chp_ir_english.pdf
    •https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-health-nutrition/article/eating
    -behaviour-styles-in-irish-teens-a-crosssectional-study/CBCFC614752C43A9
    E4D7E6266F2F93A8
    •https://rollercoaster.ie/kids/schools-education/are-children-in-ireland-learning
    -bad-eating-habits-school-lunches/
    •https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2023/06/02/a-pill-for-social-ills-wont-solv
    e-the-growing-mental-health-crisis-for-children-and-young-people-experts-sa
    y/
    •https://irp.cdn-website.com/46a7ad27/files/uploaded/NTFS%20II%20Summa
    ry%20Report.pdf
    •https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40967816.html

    •https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2022/08/26/children-and-teens-not-getting
    -recommended-levels-of-physical-activity-study/
    Thank you for your
    attention!

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