Millennials and gen Z are more likely to live with obesity and report mental health difficulties earlier in their lives than the baby boomers and generation X, finds a new review of studies comparing UK birth cohorts co-led by UCL academics.
  • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    31·
    11 days ago

    It’s sad to think that humanity may have peaked already.

    The best time to be alive in the west (unless you’re a minority, because we HAVE made advances in accepting people for who they are) was probably more than half a century ago.

    Sure, technology gives us lots of cool stuff. But it’s been discovered that it’s more profitable to keep us fat and addicted, and we’re perfectly content to let all the profits go to the top 0.1 to 1%.

    • smegger@aussie.zoneEnglish
      35·
      11 days ago

      Humanity is just stuck in a rut until the billionaires are overturned and we can get back on track attempting to improve life again. Those with money are killing us all bit by bit

      • yermaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        10 days ago

        bit by bit

        Enjoy it while you can. It’ll be a lot by a lot the moment automation makes us truly redundant

  • kablez@lemmy.worldEnglish
    261·
    10 days ago

    I been saying for years. Millennials will be the first generation where the expected life span will go down. And that’s due to generational inequality. Our parents are literally killing us.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
      English
      4·
      9 days ago

      the boomers/ silent generation(some of them are in congress still) are the ones. followed by the olders gen-xers.,

  • TimmyDeanSausage @lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    10 days ago

    Millennial here. I have had several unaddressed health issues for at least 5 years. I can’t afford to go through another diagnosis/ treatment process because I’m still recovering, financially, from the unrelated health issues I had diagnosed and partially fixed with surgery a few years ago. I also haven’t seen a dentist in at least 8 years. I work way too much and I’m barely keeping my head above water despite doing everything right and living frugally. I’m hoping whatever is going on with me isn’t something terminal, and that I can last long enough to move to a country that supports its people. The US sure as shit isn’t it.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
      English
      3·
      9 days ago

      i have dental related things to, right now i just paid out pocket for a limited examination from emergency dentists not cheap(almost 300 for a emergency dentist, and now they want do a full exam and cleaning for almost twice of the limited exam(not worth it since my old dentist which it so-so doesnt charge that much. because im not covered by state provided care enough because i make just enough not to get covered by them.

    • quick_snail@feddit.nlEnglish
      12·
      9 days ago

      Yeah, move. Takes about 3 months to most countries in America to get a residency visa

  • Lemmayng@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    11 days ago

    Makes sense considering our parents and their parents completely fucked over the world.

    • quick_snail@feddit.nlEnglish
      13·
      9 days ago

      The hippies were better than the generation before them.

      It might be incrementally getting better.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 days ago

    Life expectancy is already declining. This isn’t just a “new generation” thing. From Gen X onward we’re all doing worse.

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
    6·
    11 days ago

    its going to be interesting to see the Xers who were raised on a lot more processed food than previous generations.

    • HybridSarcasm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      I think this is it. Motives can be debated, but I’m convinced the food supply is the real problem - not lack of universal health care. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. What the boomers ate is considered ‘boutique’ or ‘organic’. If we could go back to that food supply chain, I think many of our ailments would go away.

  • cheers_queers@lemmy.zip
    English
    5·
    9 days ago

    millenial here, living with fibromyalgia for 30 years before finding a doctor who actually believed i am in constant pain. also have a joint disorder that is probably ehler danlos but have been refused diagnostics by every specialist within 3 hrs of me bc the list of qualifications to just be TESTED are completely out of reach. i have debated paying for a dna test outta pocket but it is too expensive so i will have to just live with the pain with no treatments.

    btw, apparently rheumatologists “dont treat fibro anymore” so my management there is pain medication from my ARNP. lol. america is a fucking joke

  • Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    9 days ago

    Millennial here. My best friend got multiple myeloma at 38 and I have had endometriosis and incurable interstitial cystitis for nearly 20 years, which if you go to a doctor they just tell you you’re insane have these torture methods with no anesthetics for “diagnosis” but there’s no cure so good luck anyway.

    I’ll probably die by suicide before 60 rather than become homeless due to being unable to work from pain. I’m not sure my best friend will make it that far either. I don’t really see a point to putting money into a 401k instead of bonds since I might have to live off that money sooner than expected…