Published on
26/05/2026 - 8:12 GMT+2
Younger generations in the UK are showing signs of poorer health than previous generations at the same age, according to a new study.
Researchers from University College London, King's College London and the University of Oxford, found that people born more recently were not generally healthier than those born in earlier generations when compared at the same age.
They compared physical and mental health measures across different generations at equivalent stages of life by reviewing studies tracking the health of tens of thousands of people born in Britain between 1946 and 2002.
