Women’s
health has significantly worsened while that of men has improved since 1990
,say scientists who suggest that gender disparities in the society is causing
significant harm to the wellbeing of young females .
Researchers at
Umea University and Region Norrbotten in Sweden have studied health trends
among women aged 25-34 from 1990-2014.
In 1990, 8.5
per cent of women self-related their health’s being worse than peers in their
own age group .In 2014, this trend increased to 20 per cent of women.
In contrast,
a bigger part of the men self-rated their health as better at the end of the study
period compared to the start.
As a part of
a standard health check, the study’s participants answered a questionnaire
which included questions about self-rated health.
Simultaneously,
the proportion of women and men with high levels of physical activity increased
over the period
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