Nggak aneh ah, untuk negara yang katanya aduhai makmur. Mmm... kira-kira ada nggak berita seberapa bahagianya orang gaek di Belanda? Terutama yang imigran Prancis.
--- "Bukan Pedanda" <bukan.pedanda@...> wrote: > http://www.rnw.nl/africa/bulletin/dutch-teens-happy-and-mostly-sober > > Dutch teens happy and mostly sober > Published on 2 May 2012 - 2:38pm > More about: > > Dutch society > Health Behaviour in School-aged Children > teenagers and alcohol > > Alcohol consumption among Dutch 11 and 13-year-olds has decreased > substantially in the past five years. Dutch kids are also the > happiest in both Europe and North America. > > This is the conclusion of a major international survey into the > health and welfare of children between the age of 11 and 15, the > results of which were published on Wednesday. > > The survey, entitled Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children > (HBSC), shows that young Dutch teenagers drink less, smoke less > cannabis and tobacco and engage less often in unsafe sex than most > of their peers in the 39 countries covered by the HBSC report. Just > five years ago, they were still among the top ten. > > Dutch 15-year-olds are in the middle bracket. Researcher Wilma > Vollenbergh from the University of Utrecht explains: "The past few > years have seen a growing focus on alcohol consumption among young > people. There has been substantial improvement in the level of care > provided to children admitted to hospital for acute alcohol > poisoning, and parents have become stricter and more alert." > > The outcome of the HBSC survey is surprising because the number of > children admitted to hospital with acute alcohol poisoning has been > increasing substantially, but paediatrician Nico van der Lely > explains that the incidences of excess may increase while the > average consumption is decreasing. > > Dutch children are, just like five years ago, the happiest of all. > About 95 percent of those interviewed give their lives at least a > passing grade. "Social factors play an important role in how they > look at their lives. Dutch children generally have a good > relationship with their parents, family and friends. Another factor > is the Netherlands' prosperity and limited social inequality," says > Vollenbergh. > > Dutch children are also quite healthy compared to other European > and North American countries. They have fewer ailments and are less > often on a diet than most of their peers. They do, on the other > hand, spend a lot of time watching TV, drink too much soft drink > and do not eat enough fruit. They are in the middle range in terms > of exercise and sports. > > The HBSC survey is commissioned by the World Health Organisation > and conducted every five years. A total of 200,000 children took > part in the survey. > > (gsh/imm) > > © Radio Netherlands Worldwide ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
