The UK ranks bottom in a Unicef assessment of children's wellbeing in 21industrialised countries (Children Now, 14-20 February).
The study concentrates on six areas of life, including health, educationand relationships, drawing on 40 indicators of wellbeing. High rates ofteenage pregnancy, obesity and bullying contribute to the UK's dismalrating.
Children and young people's own assessment of their lives places the UKfirmly at the bottom. The country fares best on education but ranks inthe bottom two thirds - alongside the US - in five of the six areasinvestigated.
"It's a pretty bleak picture," says Jonathan Bradshaw, professor ofsocial policy at the University of York and one of the report'sauthors.
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