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After decades of progress, younger generations are facing worse heart disease risks, study suggests

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A new study found that younger generations in the U.S. have higher blood sugar levels than their older counterparts.

Researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine calculated the average cholesterol, triglyceride and glucose levels for each birth cohort.

The study also found that the average levels of glucose, or blood sugar, have been rising for each successive generation at an accelerated rate.

Forming these healthy habits, “even in this modern day and age — and maybe more so — when it’s so easy to be inactive at your desk or on your phone all day and get fast processed foods, we really need to keep up the effort,” says Daniels . “Medications, in the right situations, can clearly help, but only so much; they can’t be a singular strategy in isolation,” she adds..