CHRONIC loneliness is as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, research shows. Australians are in the midst of a loneliness epidemic, with almost half of sufferers saying they fear their situation was a long-term condition that was unlikely to change. A study, of more than 500 Australians conducted for Feros Care, found feelings of helplessness, life-changing events, structural barriers, and biological predispositions were the leading causes of loneliness in our community. As many as seven million Australians are lonely, with nearly half of those feeling lonely are under the age of 34. In Great Company volunteer Juliet Bailey visiting Barbara Hamilton, 80, at her home in Robina. Picture: Richard Gosling
Loneliness is as bad as 15 cigarettes a day
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