"Most older primary school pupils have problems sleeping while a third suffer emotional difficulties, a major study has revealed. Half of the children aged seven to 11 who took part in the research said they had been bullied at school and fewer than half ate fruit or vegetables every day. The study on more than 50,000 children in Wales found mental health symptoms tended to be more common among those from less affluent families."
"Among the findings were: 68% of children reported having problems sleeping sometimes or always. 15% reported a bedtime of 10pm or later. About 30% reported elevated or clinically significant emotional difficulties. More girls than boys and learners from low-affluence families reported this. 51% reported having been bullied at school in the past couple of months. A slightly higher proportion of girls than boys said they had been bullied."
51,662 primary school learners aged seven to 11 across more than 500 schools in Wales completed health and wellbeing questionnaires. Sixty-eight percent reported having problems sleeping sometimes or always, and 15% reported bedtimes of 10pm or later. About 30% showed elevated or clinically significant emotional difficulties, with higher prevalence among girls and children from low-affluence families. Fifty-one percent reported being bullied in the past couple of months and 29% of year six learners reported cyberbullying. Forty-eight percent ate fruit at least once a day and 37% reported eating vegetables. Mental health symptoms and some poor health behaviours were more common in less affluent families.
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