Sentences with phrase «third of all children report»

Only a third of children reported exercising for half an hour for 5 days in the past week.

One - third of all children report experiencing some level of trauma by the time they are 16 years of age.

According to the National Institute of Mental Health in the United States, in any 6 - week period, one third of children report being bullied and it is on the rise.

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«Firearm - related deaths are the third leading cause of death overall among U.S. children aged 1 to 17 years, surpassing the number of deaths from pediatric congenital anomalies, heart disease, influenza and / or pneumonia, chronic lower respiratory disease, and cerebrovascular causes,» wrote the CDC in its report.

The Annual Report by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills 2016/17 found that a third of independent Christian schools are inadequate or need improvement.

A few years ago, the center - left Third Way Foundation produced a report called Wayward Sons, about the struggles of low - skilled men (and the struggles of their children — especially their male children) since 1970.

Now consider a report from the Journal of S Research which noted that h0m0 ped commit about one - third of the total number of child s offenses, even though they are outnumbered by hetero 20 to one.

As the deadline for third reading of the Withdrawal Bill looms, CCPAS said special attention should be placed on the second part of the report which deals with the complex nature of crimes affecting children that have international elements.

What's interesting is that though both these reports by independent and secular organisations (NSPCC and JJC) either state or imply that child sex abuse is part of a problem in society as a whole and not a particular problem for the Catholic Church, in other words that Catholic priests are no more likely than anyone else to be involved in it, Dr Pravin Thevathasan, the author of the third document on this subject published around the same time, «The Catholic Church & the Sex Abuse Crisis», published by the CTS, is not inclined to deploy this fact to get the Church off the hook.

As evidence, she pointed to a 2011 study in the United Kingdom which found that three - quarters of the 6,000 young adults ages 18 to 22 years interviewed about their experiences in sports earlier in adolescence reported at least 1 incident of emotional harm playing sports, one third of whom identified their coach as the main source of harm, and to a 2005 study - one which I cited in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage (Harper Collins), and in articles adapted from that book for MomsTEAM.com - finding that 45 % of children reported verbal misconduct by coaches, including name - calling and insulting them during play.

«In one - third of dual - earner couples with children under 14, at least one of the adults is doing shift work, «demographer Rosalind Bruno stated in a Census Bureau report.

In its report Save the Children is recommending that national laws should specify that health warnings should cover one - third of packaging of breastmilk substitutes.

There is no binding mechanism at the global level to hold corporations accountable for violating these measures (although there are instruments such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child that give them weight in international law and are being used to remind governments of their responsibilities, and there have also been some attempts at European Union level to hold corporations to account for activities in third countries, with little success due to lack of satisfactory reporting mechanism).

Currently, 90 % of parents report that their children younger than 2 years watch some form of electronic media.2 By 3 years, almost one - third of children have a television in their bedroom.3 Parents report that they view television as a peacekeeper and a safe activity for their children while they are preparing dinner, getting ready for work, or doing household chores.3 Many parents report feeling better knowing that the programming their children watch has been described as educational.

In 2003, according to a report by the Trust for America's Health, Kentucky had the third highest level of overweight high school students, as well as the third highest number of low - income children between two and five years old in the country.

For example, you might offer either a written report; samples of work; a meeting at your home, with or without the child present; a meeting elsewhere, with or without the child; an endorsement of the educational provision by a recognised third party; or information in any other appropriate form.

McDonald's uses the occasion to tout its participation in the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (but you already know how I feel about that group — see «Fox Guards Henhouse: Industry's «Self - Regulation» of Children's Food Advertising «-RRB-; it promises to set up a «Kids» Food and Nutrition Advisory Board;» it says the company will submit to third party verification of its efforts, the results of which will be reported publicly; and, my personal favorite, executives from the company will go on a «listening tour» next month to learn more from parents and nutrition experts on the role McDonald's can play in improving child nutrition.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Administration for Children & Families says of the percentage of the 3.3 million referrals for child abuse and neglect in 2009 it investigated, «Two - thirds of reports found all allegations to be unsubstantiated or intentionally false (64.3 % and 0.1 %, respectively).»

Ameena Batada of the University of North Carolina wrote in a 2012 report in the journal Childhood Obesity, after reviewing menus at the 50 largest U.S. restaurant chains, that at two - thirds of the chains, 100 percent of children's meals failed to meet nutritional standards for things like calories, salt, sugar and fats.

First, fathers» interactive play during toddlerhood has been longitudinally associated with attachment security in later childhood and adolescence.17 Second, fathers» speech and language interactions with infants have been positively associated with language development, and paternal depression has been shown to adversely impact this process.18, — , 20 Third, discipline practices, such as corporal punishment, have been longitudinally associated with increased child aggressive behavior.21 In addition, paternal depressive symptoms have been longitudinally associated with harsh paternal discipline practices in older children and subsequent child and adolescent maladjustment.11 Finally, as an indicator of fathers» interactions with pediatric providers, we also examined the proportion of depressed fathers that reported talking with their children's doctor within the previous year.

Smart TVs topped the list as the most widespread smart home device among parents of connected children, with two - thirds (67 %) reporting one in the home.

According to Save the Children's report, infant mortality in Bangladesh alone could be cut by almost a third - saving the lives of 314 children every day - if breastfeeding rates were iChildren's report, infant mortality in Bangladesh alone could be cut by almost a third - saving the lives of 314 children every day - if breastfeeding rates were ichildren every day - if breastfeeding rates were improved.

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Its report out today on their experiences of destitution cited data indicating that over a third of the young refugees the Children's Society supports are destitute.

In a third of grooming reports made by children under 18 the offender incited a child to perform a sexual act.

Far from the narrative that emerged later during their tabloid - fodder separation, that the split was fueled by infidelity, Shnayerson's report says that the couple had little in common and knew it early on — they were talking openly about divorce as early as 1997, shortly after the birth of their third child, Michaela.

They point to a report by the federal Department of Health and Human Services last fall suggesting that academic gains made in the early education Head Start program fade by the time the children reach third grade.

«One in four working parents has been plunged into debt due to the crippling cost of childcare, a report warned yesterday... The poll of more than 4,000 working parents also found nearly two - thirds «can not afford not to work, but struggle to pay for childcare»... The average bill for sending a child under the age of two to a nursery for 25 hours a week is # 96, while a live - out nanny in central London costs about # 32,000 a year.»

Fewer than a third of men and women without children reported work - life balance as a career obstacle, compared to 47 % for men with children and 72 % for women with children.

A new report published in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association earlier this month found that head injuries led an estimated 2.5 million people to visit a U.S. emergency room in 2010, and about one third of the cases were children.

Less - than - optimal management of childhood asthma is highlighted by the fact that nearly two - thirds of asthmatic children report at least one attack a year.

«What it says is that even at a well - resourced, large referral center, about a third of families are reporting food, housing or energy insecurity six months into treatment,» says lead author Kira Bona, MD, MPH, a pediatric oncologist at Dana - Farber / Boston Children's.

About half of the children diagnosed with ASD in the new report had normal or above - average intelligence, compared with a third of children 10 years ago, suggesting that a significant proportion of the new cases are due to more sensitive diagnostic measures rather than increased incidence, she says.

In the cases that reported what the child was doing just before the fall, two - thirds of the children injured were climbing or standing in the chair, suggesting that the chair's safety restraint system either was not being used or was ineffective in these cases.

Fuller - Thomson asserts «Although we do not know if the abuse - dyslexia association is causative, with one - third of adults with dyslexia reporting childhood abuse, it is important that primary health care providers and school - based practitioners working with children with dyslexia screen them for physical abuse.»

Nearly two - thirds (60.8 %) of parents reported the reminder was either the main reason or part of the reason they brought their child for a second dose, and 70.1 % said that it affected bringing their child sooner.

One - third of parents reported that their children had been subjected to teasing, bullying or other stigmatizing experiences by friends.

And last year, researchers at the MIND Institute reported that pregnant women who lived near fields where chemical pesticides were used had a roughly two - thirds higher risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder, and an even higher risk of having one with other developmental delays.

The Weight Control Information Network reports that two - thirds of American adults and one - third of children and teens are -LSB-...]

Kate, who is currently pregnant with her third child (the palace reports she's due in April), arrived at the organization's HQ in an empire - waist Seraphine maternity dress colored her favorite shade of blue (it matches her engagement ring, natch).

As we reported, Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West are expecting their third child) via surrogate in January 2018 Kanye West gave wife Kim Kardashian several lucrative stocks to some of the wealthiest companies today — including Netflix and the Walt Disney Company

According to a RIKC annual report, 40 percent of Providence's 45,000 multiethnic children live in poverty, and only two - thirds graduate from high school.

The research report, Writing for Enjoyment and its Link to Wider Reading, also found that all children — regardless of whether they enjoy writing or not — face the same barriers to writing outside school: around half of pupils can't decide what to write and a third struggle with spelling and grammar.

«Nearly two - thirds of those surveyed said it is acceptable for parents to help a child with a class project that is supposed to be done by the child alone,» the Los Angeles Times reported.

New findings by Harvard Graduate School of Education Associate Professor Nonie Lesaux released in a report today by Strategies for Children, Inc., revealed that 43 percent of Massachusetts third graders read below grade level, which may lead to continued struggles in high school and puts them at...

Continuing his seeming obsession with the relationship between food and cognition, Rothstein writes, in a March 2001 column, «Surgeon General David Satcher reported... that more than a third of poor children have untreated dental cavities.

In a phone survey, only one - third of parents who participated in the McKay program reported that they were satisfied with their child's previous public school.

Noting that children's vocabulary at age four predicts their reading comprehension in third grade and beyond, the report recommends starting ongoing, developmentally appropriate assessments of children's language and literacy development well before they enter school.

The report also found in about a third of primary schools inspected this year, more able children underachieved because their work was not challenging enough.

Now consider that a study reported in U.S. News & World Report estimated that the current generation of children, with its legions of struggling readers, would experience one - third fewer face - to - face conversations during their school years than the generation of 30 years ago.