Life expectancy growth stalls across Europe as England sees sharpest decline, say researchers

<p>Poor diet, obesity and inactivity blamed on decline with Norway the only country seeing a rise</p><p>Life expectancy improvement is stalling across Europe with England experiencing the biggest slowdown. Experts are blaming this on an alarming mix of poor diet, mass inactivity and soaring obesity.</p><p>The average annual growth in life expectancy across the continent fell from 0.23 years between 1990 and 2011 to 0.15 years between 2011 and 2019, according to research <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00009-X/fulltext">published in the Lancet Public Health journal</a>. Of the 20 countries studied, every one apart from Norway saw life expectancy growth fall.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/18/european-countries-experience-life-expectancy-slowdown-research-shows">Continue reading...</a>