UK healthy life expectancy falls by two years
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- Category: Health
- Language: EN
- Published: 2026-04-27 03:34 UTC
- Sources: BBC Health
Poor housing, obesity and deprivation have contributed to a decline in UK's healthy life expectancy. Research suggests that these factors may be responsible for the two-year drop over the past decade.
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