Data below taken from Youth Mental Health Network Newsletter:
A year ago,
the good people over at www.patient.co.uk commissioned researchers to look into the impact
of the economic recession on our health.
Their results are stark. Young people are being hit the hardest by the recession. Of those surveyed, 36% of people across all ages felt stressed because of the economic downturn, this rose to 43% in the 18-25 year age range. 24% of under 25's said they were drinking more alcohol since the downturn compared to just 14% of all adults.
Of those surveyed, 57% of 18-25 year olds had lost or gained weight since the financial crisis, 37% had put on weight which was put down to comfort eating, 20% said they had lost weight due to worry. Half of 18-25 year olds said that they have become socially lonely and isolated as they can't afford to go out compared to 34% of the general population.
What this amounts to is a demographic that is storing up all the key and multiple indicators for poor health in the short and long term.
Their results are stark. Young people are being hit the hardest by the recession. Of those surveyed, 36% of people across all ages felt stressed because of the economic downturn, this rose to 43% in the 18-25 year age range. 24% of under 25's said they were drinking more alcohol since the downturn compared to just 14% of all adults.
Of those surveyed, 57% of 18-25 year olds had lost or gained weight since the financial crisis, 37% had put on weight which was put down to comfort eating, 20% said they had lost weight due to worry. Half of 18-25 year olds said that they have become socially lonely and isolated as they can't afford to go out compared to 34% of the general population.
What this amounts to is a demographic that is storing up all the key and multiple indicators for poor health in the short and long term.
Data collected is always open to multiple interpretations but
the clear narrative which is emerging is
that economic austerity is disproportionately
impacting
on young people and the consequences wil be long acting.
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