Kathleen Mullan
Kathleen Mullan
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It's stunning. We looked at 20 areas, and 16 out of the 20 showed declines in health indicators.
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What's surprising is to see the decline in health across such a large array of outcomes.
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Maybe this is a transitional period with no impact. Maybe these young people get married, cut back drinking, quit smoking and their diet improves. I can't wait to find out.
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Our hypothesis is that young adults are more vulnerable to poor health practices than teenagers because they are leaving the more protective environments of home and school.
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The disparities vary so much. It isn't one race or ethnic group that's always worse off.