Global Q&A: ‘Do we live healthier lives today than our parents did at our age?’

Today, stress, lack of exercise, and pollution are some examples of factors contributing toward a less healthy life.
Global Q&A: ‘Do we live healthier lives today than our parents did at our age?’
Polly Carlsen, Wellington, New Zealand.
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Today, stress, lack of exercise, and pollution are some examples of factors contributing toward a less healthy life, despite improved medicines and awareness of health. This is what Epoch Times reporters from Italy to New Zealand found when they asked locals: “Do we live healthier lives today than our parents did at our age?”


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Polly Carlsen, Wellington, New Zealand.