Young people are far more likely than senior citizens to report being lonely and in poor health, a surprising survey of 20,000 Americans released Tuesday shows.
The overall national loneliness score was alarmingly high at 44 on a 20-to-80 scale, but the prevalence of social isolation among those ages 18 to 22 raises even more concern. The younger people, part of Generation Z, had loneliness scores of about 48 compared with nearly 39 for those 72 and older.
The study was sponsored by the global insurer and health services company Cigna, which is concerned about loneliness as a societal problem but also because it's not just making us sad: It can literally make us sick.
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5 comments:
It's just because they are such narcissistic hypochondriacs.
It's kinda hard to get up close and personal with that damn cell phone they love so much.
Hard to convince a girl that you are mature when living in mom's basement.
Put down the phone...
They can thank social media and the lack of real, face-to-face people friends, for that.
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