Ireland’s pupils get top marks for exercise

Irish schoolchildren are among the most physically active in the world, with teenage girls topping the list of the globe’s best exercisers.

That’s according to the findings of an international study of teenage behaviour, which compared the health and well-being of adolescents in 27 high-income countries.

The research, published in British medical journal The Lancet found Irish girls between the ages of 13 and 15 take more daily exercise than anyone else in the Western world.