Poor sleep, obesity and poor body image are becoming more common, suggesting the risk factors associated with mental ill-
health
might be changing.
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, were more likely to be obese and had poorer body image, compared to the children of the 1990s
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of those born 10 years earlier.
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Conversely
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in previous studies, had decreased over 10 years. Rates of 14-year-olds punching or kicking someone on purpose had dropped from 40 per Use synonyms
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of the group born at the turn of the century perceived themselves as overweight compared to 27 per Use synonyms
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of those born in the early 1990s.
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study really highlights the scale at which Linking Words
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increase might be occurring. It’s not just that we’re getting better at measuring depressive symptoms, as identical questions about depressive symptoms were asked in both cohorts. Linking Words
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can be supported better.
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problems, and might help us find potential targets for interventions.
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is thought to be one of the first UK studies to compare data from two different groups of millennials to investigate the changing Linking Words
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