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Health declining in Gen X and Gen Y, national study shows
[Med Press] Recent generations show a worrying decline in health compared to their parents and grandparents when they were the same age, a new national study reveals.Researchers found that, compared to previous generations, members of Generation X and Generation Y showed poorer physical health, higher levels of unhealthy behaviors such as alcohol use and smoking, and more depression and anxiety. The results suggest the likelihood of higher levels of diseases and more deaths in younger generations than we have seen in the past, said Hui Zheng, lead author of the study and professor of sociology at The Ohio State University. "The worsening health profiles we found in Gen X and Gen Y is alarming," Zheng said. "If we don't find a way to slow this trend, we are potentially going to see an expansion of morbidity and mortality rates in the United States as these generations get older." Zheng conducted the study with Paola Echave, a graduate student in sociology at Ohio State. The results were published online yesterday (March 18, 2021) in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Posted by: Besoeker 2021-03-20 |
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