Poor diet, obesity and inactivity blamed on decline with Norway the only country seeing a riseLife expectancy improvement is stalling across Europe with England experiencing the biggest slowdown. Experts are blaming this on an alarming mix of poor diet, mass inactivity and soaring obesity.The average annual growth in life expectancy across the continent fell from 0.23 years between 1990 and 2011 to 0.15 years between 2011 and 2019, according to research published in the Lancet Public Health journal. Of the 20 countries studied, every one apart from Norway saw life expectancy growth fall. Continue reading…
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Author : Andrew Gregory Health editor
Publish date : 2025-02-18 23:30:00
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Life expectancy growth stalls across Europe as England sees sharpest decline, say researchers
