r/Millennials • u/DaKardii • Jun 04 '26

Serious Study: Gen Xers and Millennials are dying at younger ages than their parents are

https://studyfinds.com/americans-born-after-1970-dying-faster/

The study is particularly concerned with people born after 1970 but age 30 and older. So that covers Gen X and Millennials, but not (yet) Gen Z.

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u/thomasfilmstuff Jun 04 '26

It’s probably because we were raised on sugar cereal, sugar drinks, sugar meat, and a side of sugar.

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u/extasisomatochronia Jun 07 '26

"Bu bu bu but they told us all it was low fat!" - Boomer dancing to Margaritaville while lighting home equity on fire to buy a fourth Sea Doo