YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Health and wellbeing of young people  229 In the longitudinal perspective, young people in 2020 are living on aver- age a healthier life on average than in 2010 – drinking and smoking less tobacco (marijuana and hard drug use remained at 2010 levels), while eating healthier and playing more sports. Figure 6.4: Lifestyles and habits of young people 2010 and 2020. 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.5 2.0 4.0 3.0 4.5 2020 2010 In my free time I play sports 3.93 3.83 3.77 3.70 How often do you eat fresh fruit and / or vegetables? 2.87 3.08 There is no real lunch without meat. 1.17 1.17 Have you ever tried hard drugs (cocaine, heroin, speed, LSD, ecstasy, etc.)? 2.20 2.42 How often do you drink alcoholic beverages? 1.60 1.99 How often do you smoke? 1.67 1.66 Have you ever tried / smoked marijuana or hashish? 0 Source: Mladina 2020. We can therefore conclude that the more negative picture of health and BMI assessment in 2020 as compared to 2010 stems from the effect of young people’s healthier lifestyles failing to compensate for the effects of other health and BMI factors (e.g. increased sitting time “in front of screens”, which are usually negatively associated with life satisfaction and physique: r (both) = –0.11; p <0.01).