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SOCIETY

'Facebook Generation'

happier than teenagers a decade ago

Today's "Facebook Generation" is happier and The results show that over the last decade an
healthier than teenagers a decade ago, finds a new increasing proportion of adolescents eat fruit and
study. Adolescence is a crucial stage in life when you vegetables, are physically active on a daily basis, keep
lay the foundation for adulthood. their teeth clean, practice safe sex, and find it easy to
The findings, published online by the European talk to their parents about things that matter to them.
Journal of Public Health, claimed a growing proportion The report suggested that the general feeling that
of 11 to 15-year- young people are better off today could also be
olds, dubbed the "Facebook Generation", are less attributed to changes in fashion, behavioural norms
likely than their predecessors to do drugs, drink and societal values.
alcohol, smoke cigarettes and be bullied. However, if there was one thing teens today did not do
as well as their predecessors, it was personal social
"We have seen a decline in young people experiencing interaction.
bullying, drinking alcohol weekly, and increasing In what researchers called the "Facebook effect",
numbers living free from tobacco and cannabis," said teenagers today are more likely to stay in the rooms
study coordinator professor Candace Currie from the and play with
University of St. Andrews in Scotland. gadgets than go out and be with their friends.