D grade for youths’ physical activity

Ireland has scored a D grade for physical activity in children, a slight improvement on just scraping a pass two years previously.

It was ranked in the middle of 38 countries presenting their report cards at the International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday.

Ireland’s grade for physical activity in children compares with Slovenia’s A-, New Zealand’s B-, and Scotland’s F. England and Wales had both scored a D-.