Health declining in Gen X and Gen Y, national study shows (news.osu.edu)

3 points by elorant 5y ago ↗ HN

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There is one impact of current health care policy.

[dead] anewaccount2021 5y ago ↗

Nope, this isn't "policy"...it's a nation of sedentary people who eat trash. The Western lifestyle.

"They found smoking couldn’t explain the decline. Obesity could help explain the increase in metabolic syndrome, but not the increases seen in chronic inflammation."

Interesting - those would have been my first 2 guesses.