A recent federal study shows that chronic conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure, asthma, and depression are affecting almost 40 million Americans between the ages of 18-34.
40 million is more than half of America’s young adults, that’s nearly 54%, who are living with at least one chronic health condition. To add to this 22%, that’s roughly 1 in 4, are dealing with 2 or more chronic conditions, according to recent data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The data states that the most prevalent chronic conditions are obesity at 25.5%, depression at 21.3%, high blood pressure at 10.7%, high cholesterol at 10%, asthma at over 9%, and arthritis at close to 6% among others, based on data collected from telephone surveys conducted in 2019 of more than 67,000 people between the ages of 18-34 across the nation.
