US EditionThe Cost of Loneliness Can Be Death. Here’s How to Find Good Friends | News Channel 3-12
- On June 30, 2025, a report published by the World Health Organization's panel on social connection disclosed that loneliness affects one out of every six individuals globally.
- This loneliness results from factors like illness, low income, lack of social opportunities, and excessive technology use, disproportionately affecting youth and low-income countries.
- The report indicates that loneliness raises the likelihood of serious health conditions such as stroke, cardiovascular events, diabetes, mental health disorders, and suicide, and notes that teenagers experiencing loneliness have a 22% greater chance of achieving lower academic results.
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted that despite unlimited opportunities for connection in today's world, an increasing number of individuals experience feelings of isolation and loneliness, emphasizing the need to prioritize social connection as a public health concern.
- The report proposes a global roadmap focusing on policy, research, improved measurement, interventions, and public engagement, while Sweden's national strategy uses prepaid cards to foster group activities and plans to ban mobile phones in schools.
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The cost of loneliness can be death. Here’s how to find good friends
(CNN) — After working from home all day, your takeout order arrives and you start binge-watching your favorite show alone. Sounds ideal, right? Except doing this routinely could shorten your life.
One in six people worldwide affected by loneliness, WHO report reveals
The World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Connection has released its global report revealing that 1 in 6 people worldwide is affected by loneliness, with significant impacts on health and well-being.
Loneliness is not only a subjective sensation, but, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), an important global health problem. Current data show that one in six people worldwide is affected, more than 871,000 deaths annually are associated with chronic loneliness. Loneliness increases the risk, among others, of strokes and heart attacks, diabetes, depression, anxiety and suicide.One in three elderly people and one in four adolescents …
According to the WHO, member state governments must actively take action against the increasing loneliness, because it is not an individual problem, but a societal one.
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