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A from the USA says American children are today than they were 20 years ago. The study is based on the Child Well-Being Index, which has been compiled 1975. It measures 28 aspects about the of life among US children. Perhaps the most promising is that child death rates have gone down by a since 1975. Suicide rates among teens have declined and youngsters are victims of violent crimes. Teen births are at their level in decades. The report says US children are also better educated than they were 20 years .

The report highlighted some of the past 20 years. Child health has deteriorated. A cause of this is the increasing levels of because of poor diet, fast food, and less exercise. Teenagers are spending much longer using technology. This may protect kids from physical outdoors but can harm their indoors. Child poverty still affects of children in the USA. This has not changed in the 20 years. About 20 per cent of children lived below the poverty in 2013. This is about the as it was in 1995.

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