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# Institute of Public Health

Last year
2023
Nearly 30% of Irish 16-year-olds say they gambled within the previous year
All time
Irish children from deprived families twice as likely to be exposed to second-hand-smoke
Over a third of young people drink sugary drinks most days of the week
More than half of Irish people over 50 have two or more chronic diseases
Ireland 'not immune to global epidemic of obesity and diabetes'