Ill-effects of unhealthy habits as young adult start showing at age 36: Study

A study has suggested that age 36 is when the illeffects of having unhealthy habits as a young adult smoking drinking and physical inactivity start becoming apparentResearchers from the University of Jyvaskyla tracked about 370 residents of the Finnish city for over 30 years Data was collected via surveys and medical tests at ages 27 36 42 50 and 61Three bad habits smoking heavy drinking and a lack of exercise can lead to declines in health in people as young as 36 according to findings published in the journal Annals of MedicineThe team said that unhealthy behaviours in midlife 40s and 50s are known to increase chances of developing health disorders in old ageHowever their analysis showed that the illeffects of unhealthy behaviours remained similar through the ages 36 to 61 suggesting that the link exists already at age 36 and not only in the later phases of midlifeCrucially the illeffects were apparent by the time the participants were in their mid30s the researchers saidOur findings highlight the importance of tackling risky health behaviours such as smoking heavy drinking and physical inactivity as early as possible to prevent the damage they do to from building up over the years culminating in poor mental and physical health later in later life lead author Tiia Kekalainen a health scientist at the University of Jyvaskylas Gerontology Research CenterHowever following a healthy lifestyle can cut ones risk of developing noncommunicable disorders such as heart disease and cancer and reduce chances of an early death Kekalainen addedA lack of exercise was particularly linked to a poor physical health and smoking to a poor mental healthA heavy consumption of alcohol was however associated with declines in both mental and physical healthThe three unhealthy behaviours were seen to produce stronger illeffects over a longer term through increasing depressive symptoms and metabolic risksThe findings of the present study suggest that the associations were mainly similar across time from age 36 to 61 Thus the cumulative association of earlier risky behaviours exists already at age 36 and not only in the later phases of midlife the authors wroteThe studys participants were part of a larger longterm research in which children born in Jyvaskyla in 1959 were followed until their early 60sThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params