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# physical activity

Last year
2022
# physical activity
Sport Ireland to spend €300,000 on campaign to engage 'inactive teenage girls' in sport
A 2018 report outlined that only 7% of teenage girls meet the recommended guidelines for daily activity.
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Aug 29th 2022, 10:19 PM
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# Exercise
Young people who play sports show lower levels of anxiety and depression, study says
Researchers surveyed more than 5,000 11-20-year-olds late last year.
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Oct 12th 2020, 6:00 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Do you think you get enough physical activity?
Seven in 10 adolescents in Ireland don’t, according to a new study.
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Nov 22nd 2019, 9:28 AM
# Study
Over 1.4 billion adults globally at risk of disease from not doing enough physical activity
The diseases include type two diabetes, dementia, cardiovascular disease and some cancers.
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Sep 5th 2018, 6:20 AM
# Get Active
Just one hour physical activity a day could undo damage from 8 hours sitting around
A new study shows that one hour of physical activity reduces any increased risk of death from not doing anything.
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Jul 28th 2016, 6:03 AM
# national recreation week
Government to fund kiddie dance classes and battle of the bands this week
Other activities like beach cricket, film production and tree-top walking will be on offer to children across the country as part of a week-long initiative.
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Jun 2nd 2014, 7:30 AM
# walk this way
Fancy finding your inner pilgrim this weekend?
Thousands of walkers, both religious and non-religious, are expected to take part in the first-ever National Pilgrim Paths Day tomorrow.
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Apr 18th 2014, 8:30 AM
# Lazy bones
Teenage girls spend 19 hours a day sitting or lying down - study
Girls between 15 and 18 are moving little for the vast majority of their time, a University of Limerick study has shown.
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Mar 6th 2012, 9:11 AM
# Crowded House?
Attendance levels on the rise again, says Irish Sports Council
No prizes for guessing what the country’s most popular spectator sport is.
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Jun 30th 2011, 2:58 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 In today’s 9 at 9: State funeral for Garret FitzGerald; final preparations for Obama; another volcanic eruption; elections in Spain; weak children; and the glory that was Leinster in Cardiff.
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May 22nd 2011, 9:00 AM