Why 30 is really 45: We're so unhealthy that we're 15 years OLDER than our parents were at the same age
* Today's adults are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure and diabetes because of poor health
* Men in their 30s were 20% more likely to be overweight than in previous generations, Dutch researchers found
* Women in their 20s are twice as likely to be obese
Today's adults are so unhealthy they are 15 years 'older' than their parents and grandparents at the same age, researchers say.
They are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity than previous generations because of poor health, according to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
...Author Gerben Hulsegge, from the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, said the younger generation are '15 years ahead' in terms of 'metabolic' health.
He said: 'The more recently born adult generations are doing far worse than their predecessors.
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