article_snippet: Young teenagers are happier and healthier now than teenagers were a decade ago, a new study said yesterday.
article_snippet: A growing proportion of 11 to 15-year-olds, a new study said, engage in behaviour that would make their parents proud.
article_snippet: their eat fruit and vegetables, take exercise, clean their teeth, and talk to their mothers and fathers.
article_snippet: Adolescents are more likely to eat fruit and vegetables, take exercise, talk  to Adolescents .
article_snippet: Professor Candace Currie of St Andrews, who assembled evidence drawn up from surveys and official statistics carried out in Europe and North America, said: ‘There is much to celebrate about the health and well-being of many young people today.
article_snippet: YesterdayThe report added that ‘the general feeling that young people are better off today could also be attributed to changes in fashions, behavioural norms and societal values.
article_snippet: Professor Currie said: ‘Adolescence is a crucial stage in life when you lay the foundation for adulthood, whether that is healthy or otherwise.
highlights_snippet: 11-15 year olds less vulnerable to drugs, alcohol and smoking cigarettes .
  
highlights_snippet: The generation is more likely to eat healthily, exercise and respect elders .
  