Of course we are getting sick more. Everyone is being told to hate each other.
Young people just want to live their fucking lives. Stop forcing major societal issues through the media every 2 years.
No-Contribution-2497 on
Because the ingredients list of half the food we eat reads like a chemists notepad.
jimmythemini on
This is almost entirely a function of diagnostic shifts happening over time. Put simply previous generations were not treated as having a mental illness when they had low-level anxiety.
Legitimate-Leg-4720 on
Not sure why they need a picture of someone seemingly going into an operating theatre for what is predominantly a mental health issue
FunIcy6154 on
Food quality is worsening, Shit is being dumped into our rivers and oceans, Microplastics are in our bodies, and people are almost always stressed – not really suprising its making everyone sick.
TheDanjinSpear on
Is it proper sick or the bloated “mental Health” kind of sick.
verdant-amiable on
I think a lot of it is awareness and willingness to seek treatment. A lot of people from older generations seem to have had the idea that they should just tough whatever it is out, at least when they were younger. Although this often came to the detriment of themselves and those around them like refusing to seek treatment for depression
Simple_Joys on
The social contract is almost totally broken. That’s not the whole answer, but it is part of it.
A lot of young people (and not so young people tbh) are going to be poorer than their parents, have limited opportunities to ever own their own home, and have no idea when they’ll be able to retire.
A large portion of Millennials were encouraged to go to university all the way through their childhood, only to discover now that they’re saddled with massive repayments and don’t necessarily earn that much more then non-graduates.
Is it that much of a surprise that people are more likely to feel anxious, and are less motivated to work long hours in jobs where they feel under lots of pressure for limited reward?
People who have mortgages to pay or children to raise have some external motivation to stick at their jobs even when they are having a crap time at work.
DrivenUser7277 on
The two issues raised are obesity and mental health related issues.
On one hand these numbers are promising as they suggest people are seeking help for their mental health and talking about it which is whts been encouraged – it’s not easy to say I feel shit when everyone else appears happy. Talking about it 100% doesnt fix the issues but suggests alot more investment required in helping people and so hopefully that starts.
Obesity has been an issue for a while, this seems a relatively easy fix with subsidized healthier meals, forcing manufacturers to use healthy ingredients and better education twined with sugar/unhealthy food taxes. Perhaps that’s a nanny state move but its better than a sit and watch as many groups (poorer folk) become unhealthy.
kei_fps on
the article is just bunch of words without much information. Felt like I was reading the same thing but twice
MermaidPigeon on
iPad kids. It needs to be realised as the abuse it is
I’d blame it on a broad lack of housing security and jobs that are broadly far more mentally demanding due to technology.
Oddball_bfi on
Obesity, Diabetes, and Metal Health
So – the food is shit and addictive, the good food is expensive and boring.
As for mental health issues… I firmly believe – and it is a belief, I’m no… I want to say epidemiologist? – that we’re no worse off than we have been at any point in the industrial present. We’re just better at medicine, and more compassionate now – so people are getting the help and recognition they need.
Or, rather, the recognition – the help hasn’t quite caught up yet in many cases.
MultipleScoregasm on
It’s mad how many under 30’s we have to ‘manage’ absence for where I work.
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Of course we are getting sick more. Everyone is being told to hate each other.
Young people just want to live their fucking lives. Stop forcing major societal issues through the media every 2 years.
Because the ingredients list of half the food we eat reads like a chemists notepad.
This is almost entirely a function of diagnostic shifts happening over time. Put simply previous generations were not treated as having a mental illness when they had low-level anxiety.
Not sure why they need a picture of someone seemingly going into an operating theatre for what is predominantly a mental health issue
Food quality is worsening, Shit is being dumped into our rivers and oceans, Microplastics are in our bodies, and people are almost always stressed – not really suprising its making everyone sick.
Is it proper sick or the bloated “mental Health” kind of sick.
I think a lot of it is awareness and willingness to seek treatment. A lot of people from older generations seem to have had the idea that they should just tough whatever it is out, at least when they were younger. Although this often came to the detriment of themselves and those around them like refusing to seek treatment for depression
The social contract is almost totally broken. That’s not the whole answer, but it is part of it.
A lot of young people (and not so young people tbh) are going to be poorer than their parents, have limited opportunities to ever own their own home, and have no idea when they’ll be able to retire.
A large portion of Millennials were encouraged to go to university all the way through their childhood, only to discover now that they’re saddled with massive repayments and don’t necessarily earn that much more then non-graduates.
Is it that much of a surprise that people are more likely to feel anxious, and are less motivated to work long hours in jobs where they feel under lots of pressure for limited reward?
People who have mortgages to pay or children to raise have some external motivation to stick at their jobs even when they are having a crap time at work.
The two issues raised are obesity and mental health related issues.
On one hand these numbers are promising as they suggest people are seeking help for their mental health and talking about it which is whts been encouraged – it’s not easy to say I feel shit when everyone else appears happy. Talking about it 100% doesnt fix the issues but suggests alot more investment required in helping people and so hopefully that starts.
Obesity has been an issue for a while, this seems a relatively easy fix with subsidized healthier meals, forcing manufacturers to use healthy ingredients and better education twined with sugar/unhealthy food taxes. Perhaps that’s a nanny state move but its better than a sit and watch as many groups (poorer folk) become unhealthy.
the article is just bunch of words without much information. Felt like I was reading the same thing but twice
iPad kids. It needs to be realised as the abuse it is
You look at charts for sickness among children, a lot seem to have gone up since 2020, [for some reason](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/articles/medicine/infectious-disease/2025/covid-19-linked-to-decline-in-immunity-to-life-threatening-childhood-infections/). It’s just so hard to understand why. Must be [checks thread] iPads.
Right, cheers guys, we solved it.
I’d blame it on a broad lack of housing security and jobs that are broadly far more mentally demanding due to technology.
Obesity, Diabetes, and Metal Health
So – the food is shit and addictive, the good food is expensive and boring.
As for mental health issues… I firmly believe – and it is a belief, I’m no… I want to say epidemiologist? – that we’re no worse off than we have been at any point in the industrial present. We’re just better at medicine, and more compassionate now – so people are getting the help and recognition they need.
Or, rather, the recognition – the help hasn’t quite caught up yet in many cases.
It’s mad how many under 30’s we have to ‘manage’ absence for where I work.