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A from Duke University in the USA says American children are today than at any time in the past 20 years. The study is based on the Child Well-Being Index, which has been compiled by Duke since 1975. It measures and tracks 28 about the quality of life among children across America. Perhaps the most promising in the report is that child death rates have gone down by a since 1975. In addition, suicide rates among teens have declined in the 20 years. Fewer youngsters are victims of violent today than 20 years ago and teen births are at their lowest level in . The report says US kids are also better educated than they were 20 years .

The report highlighted a of the negatives of the past 20 years. In of fewer children dying and infant rates decreasing, child health has deteriorated. A contributory factor to this is the increasing levels of obesity because of poor , the abundance of fast food, and less . The latter is due to teens spending much longer indoors using technology. The report suggests that technology may protect kids from dangers outdoors but can harm their health . Child poverty still affects millions of children in the USA and has remained largely unchanged in the past 20 years. About 20 per cent of children lived below the poverty in 2013, which is about the as it was in 1995.

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