Good Health Choices Magazine NZ

ONLY THE Lonely

IT IS YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 15 TO 24 WHO REPORT FEELING MOST ISOLATED

If you picture a lonely person, you probably imagine the elderly. But recent research paints a very different picture of loneliness in New Zealand and the western world. Far from being an issue confined to people in their later years, modern-day loneliness is affecting younger generations, too.

In fact, New Zealand’s shows that it is young people aged 15 to 24 who report feeling the most isolated.

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