{"id":89764,"date":"2026-05-27T10:44:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=89764"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:44:22","slug":"life-expectancy-in-crisis-with-britons-falling-into-ill-health-in-50s-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/05\/27\/life-expectancy-in-crisis-with-britons-falling-into-ill-health-in-50s-experts-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Life expectancy in &#8216;crisis&#8217; with Britons falling into ill health in 50s, experts warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA2477EZ.img?w=768&amp;h=578&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Elderly | Source: GETTY\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Healthy life expectancy in Britain is in &#8220;crisis&#8221; with people in the country\u2019s poorest areas now likely to fall into ill health in their 50s, leading experts have warned.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/life-expectancy-in-crisis-with-britons-falling-into-ill-health-in-50s-experts-warn\/ar-AA247A7T?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=6a16bb39972548e5a607ac94d02a3572&amp;ei=69\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Healthy life expectancy in Britain is in &#8220;crisis&#8221; with people in the country\u2019s poorest areas now likely to fall into ill health&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/elderly-socializing.png","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89765,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89764\/revisions\/89765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}