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     * increased substance use, etc
   *a study published Mar 2025 of 57,000 middle aged Australian women showed that those who reported persistently feeling lonely had a 3x rate of death over the 15 year study period compared to those without persistent loneliness(([[https://english.news.cn/20250407/224a62dee45942eb985c43ce745ea0b0/c.html]]))
+  *a UK study published in 2026 followed 277,489 UK Biobank adults, between the ages of 40 and 69, who began the study free of seven major chronic conditions: diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, dementia, cancer, depression and anxiety - "Compared to their counterparts with neither loneliness nor social isolation, women experiencing both lived 2.4 fewer years free of physical disease, and men lived 1.7 fewer years. The toll on mental health was even greater: women lived roughly 3.7 fewer years free of mental disorders, and men lived approximately 5.8 fewer years" - "it has been estimated that a third of middle-aged and elderly people in the UK and the US feel lonely"(([[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-74498-8|2026: Associations of loneliness, social isolation and healthy lifestyle with life expectancy free of major physical disease and mental disorder]]))
   *young adult expats who come to Australia for a temporary lifestyle change appear to find it difficult to find Australian friends as it seems most Australians in young adulthood tend to have their own long standing friendships from school or uni and are socially saturated and time poor and not ready to accept and invest in a new friendship when they know that person will return to their own country in the near future(([[https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/mental-health/why-your-20s-in-australia-can-be-the-loneliest-era-of-your-life/news-story/51a828112461ad0a14a0cd7d60aa9cd0]]))