The Good Childhood Inquiry looks at 'Health'
01 May 2008
You may have seen The Children's Society on television or in the newspapers recently. This is because we released some more information that we have been working on to do with the The Good Childhood® Inquiry. This time we have looked at what young people like you and adults have said about 'health'.What do we mean when we talk about health?
Health can mean many things. It can be to do with:
- Exercise – whether you like to play outdoors, what sports you play, how often you play computer games and watch television.
- Food – what you like to eat and drink
- Your head and how you feel – if you feel happy or sad.
Things that might interest you:
What did adults say?
- 29% of adults that we spoke to thought that family problems made young people feel depressed and sad.
- 23% of adults thought that peer pressure affected the way young people feel.
What did young people say?
Of the 8,000 children and young people we asked in this survey:
A number of children and young people said that they don't like to feel stressed or worried. They told us that the most common reasons for them to feel stressed were:
- school
- the influence of friends
- bullying
- family expectations
- their looks
If you’d like to find out more about The Good Childhood Inquiry, we have a dedicated microsite called My Life, which you can visit.
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