More children go hungry but fewer take drugs, smoke or drink alcohol

More children are going to school or bed hungry, a study has found.

The survey of school children found more than one in five (21%) had gone hungry, an increase on a similar survey in 2006.

Just over 16,000 children aged nine to 18 from 256 schools across Ireland took part in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey 2010, published yesterday.