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The Department of Health survey has revealed that thousands of Hong Kong school children attempted to take their lives during the last school year, RTHK reports.
The Department of Health said that conditions such as growth, vision, hearing, psychosocial health and behaviour among the school children of 233,000 primary school pupils and 97,000 secondary school students were assessed.
The survey showed that 2.8 per cent of the assessed children reported having suicidal thoughts while 1.3 per cent which is estimated to be around 4,300 of them reported suicidal attempts last academic year.
Also, the health survey revealed that the students' eyes vision has worsened lately, especially among lower-grade primary pupils. 15 per cent of primary one students had to use corrective lenses and that happened to be 4 per cent higher than the 2019/20 school year, the survey showed.
In addition, the survey discovered that 20.5 per cent of secondary school students and 19.5 per cent of primary school pupils got overweight.
The department said, "During the Covid-19 epidemic, class suspension, online classes, decreased outdoor physical activity, together with increased screen time, all imposed higher risks of overweight or obesity and deteriorated vision".
衛生署調查顯示數千名香港學童曾試圖自殺
根據香港電台報道，衛生署的調查顯示，上學年有數千名香港學童試圖自殺。
衛生部表示，對23.3萬名小學生和9.7萬名中學生的生長、視力、聽力、心理社會健康和行為等狀況進行了評估。
調查顯示，2.8% 的接受評估兒童表示有自殺念頭，而 1.3% 的兒童（估計約 4,300 人）表示上學年有自殺企圖。
此外，健康調查顯示，近來學生的眼睛視力惡化，尤其是低年級小學生。 調查顯示，15%的小一學生必須使用矯正鏡片，比例比2019/20學年高出4%。
此外，調查還發現，20.5%的中學生和19.5%的小學生體重超重。
該部門表示， “在Covid-19疫情期間，停課、上網課、戶外體育活動減少以及屏幕時間增加，都增加了超重或肥胖以及視力惡化的風險。”
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