British adults healthier in midlife than US peers

Rates of obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol are lower among British adults in their 30s and 40s compared to their counterparts in the US, according to a new study led by Dr Charis Bridger Staatz (UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies).

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