Jake Anders
Today, we’ve published our latest @[email protected] briefing note, led by @[email protected] @[email protected] and @[email protected], this one focussing on young people’s health impacts and behaviours: https://cosmostudy.uk/publications/health-impacts-and-behaviours
Briefing No. 5 - Health Impacts and Behaviours

25% of those living in deprived areas who had contracted COVID-19 reported symptoms of long COVID, compared to 18% of those in affluent areas.

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The briefing highlights important ongoing links between COVID and young people’s life chances. Young people who reported having experienced severe Long COVID received lower teacher-assessed GCSEs than their peers who had never had COVID-19, for example.
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You can read more in my blog post for the @[email protected] blog: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2023/01/30/young-peoples-physical-health-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Young people’s physical health during the COVID-19 pandemic | UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO)

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And there’s also coverage of our new findings in @[email protected]: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/29/debilitating-effects-pandemic-young-people-uk-health-education-careers
‘Debilitating’ effects of pandemic linger on for Britain’s young

Exclusive: from physical and mental health to education and careers, two studies detail ways in which young still suffer

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