Shocking revelation of new report on health war of Gen Z vs Millennials, burnout and diseases increased tension

In today’s digital age, the definition of being healthy has completely changed. Social media is awash with reels on glittering gym gears, organic diets, therapy sessions and mental health. Looking at this trend, it is often assumed that today’s new generation i.e. Gen Z is more fit, alert and healthy than the generation immediately before them, the Millennials. While Millennials are often seen as a workaholic generation dealing with 9-to-9 corporate jobs, long working hours, severe mental stress and fatigue, Gen Z is considered a self-care generation. But the revelations made by doctors in a new and comprehensive health report have revealed to the world a bitter and extremely disturbing truth behind this shining picture. Just awareness or real fitness? How far has Gen Z moved ahead of the Millennials who made yoga-gym a trend? According to medical experts and fitness gurus, merely having knowledge on a subject and being truly healthy are two completely different things. According to the report, it was the Millennials who made the buzzwords like yoga, rigorous workouts, gym culture, meditation and most importantly ‘work-life balance’ popular in the society by bringing them into the mainstream. After this, Gen Z took these habits a step further and made therapy, talking openly about mental burnout and preventive healthcare their priority. But doctors say that just by relying on therapy or taking preventive supplements does not make one healthier. The ground reality is that despite increasing awareness, the physical health graph of Gen Z has declined rapidly. Thinking has moved ahead from body shaming: Leaving the old pattern of weight loss and focusing on muscles and flexibility, if we talk about the fitness goals of both the generations, then a huge and positive ideological change is seen in them. For Millennials, the only measure of fitness was often seeing their weight on the weighing machine and appearing physically slim or size zero. In contrast, Gen Z is now breaking away from the old weight standards and focusing more on increasing body composition, lean muscle mass and body flexibility. Experts consider this change to be very positive and scientific. However, it also has a dark side that the obsession of having a perfect diet all the time and looking fit 24 hours a day on the social media standards (Health Obsession) is giving rise to a new type of mental stress and eating disorders among the youth. Heart attack and diabetes at the age of 30: The data of the new medical report shocked the doctors. The most scary and shocking aspect that has come out in this new health report is the premature onset of fatal diseases among the youth. Cardiologists and endocrinologists say that the diseases which were earlier generally seen in the elderly of 50 to 60 years of age, are now affecting the youth of only 30 to 40 years of age. Today’s youth is becoming victim of high blood pressure, type-2 diabetes and sudden silent heart attacks at an early age. The main reasons behind this are continuous work sitting in front of the screen in corporate culture, staying awake all night, sleep apnea (lack of sleep), excessive consumption of packaged foods and physical inactivity. Apart from this, PCOS in girls and early obesity in youth are spreading like an epidemic. Open thoughts on therapy vs. doom scrolling: Digital lifestyle has become the biggest enemy of youth. Millennials and Gen Z have completely different ways of dealing with stress. While Millennials heal themselves from stress by listening to old 90s songs, meeting friends or with the help of old memories, Gen Z has become a victim of a very dangerous addiction called ‘Doom Scrolling’. That is, to reduce stress, they keep scrolling reels full of negativity and depression on the mobile screen for hours. This digital compulsion to be online 24 hours a day, comparing oneself to the fake perfect lives of others on social media, and the fear of missing out (FOMO) is pushing youth towards severe anxiety, insomnia and chronic depression. In earlier times, there used to be a clear Lakshman Rekha between digital and real life, which has now completely disappeared, and this has become the biggest weakness of today’s generation.