Middle aged face more years of ill health than baby boomers

Despite living longer, those in their 40s and 50s are likely to suffer more years of ill health than generations now in their 60s and early 70s, finds research by Dr Stephen Jivraj (UCL Epidemiology & Health) and Professor George Ploubidis (UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies).

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