Research Says Adults of This Generation are Ageing Much Faster

At the start of the study, 40% of the men in their thirties were overweight and after eleven years, 52% of men in thirties were overweight. This shift was noticed in increased diabetes and high blood pressure.

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However, a decrease in smoking was observed with the younger generation.

According to Gerben Hulsegge, lead author, with increasing obesity and lifestyle changes the rate of increase in life expectance would gradually come down.

The findings of the study were published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Source: Medindia