Childhood hardship has lasting effects up to old age


By AGENCY

Having emotionally cold or absent parents, especially mothers, can greatly affect one’s entire life, right up to old age. — 123rf.com

From being raised by an emotionally cold mother to experiencing violence, war and bereavement, difficult life events have a profound effect on our physical and mental well-being in later life, according to research from the University of East Anglia (UEA), United Kingdom.

A new study, published on March 11 (2020) in the Journal of Public Health, shows how a range of life inequalities and hardships are linked to physical and mental health inequalities in later life.

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