What causes high blood pressure in young adults?

Millennials are less healthy than Gen X members were at the same age, in countries like the UK and US1,2. Aged between 28-43 years in 2024, Millennials are more likely to face conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes in their thirties, compared to the generation before them. 


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