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Gen X is in worse health than boomers – and I have a few theories as to why | Emma Beddington

People in my age group are experiencing poorer physical and mental health than their elders at the same stage. Is this down to UPFs and booze, or something more complicated? I almost choked on my bird-food breakfast recently, reading that gen Xers are in worse health than boomers. Research by the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies , on approximately 8,000 participants aged about 50 from the 1970…

Gen X is in worse health than boomers – and I have a few theories as to why | Emma Beddington

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