While avoiding harmful habits, Generation Z faces stagnating life expectancy due to unhealthy eating and mental health problems.

Generation Z, perceived as health-conscious, faces stagnating life expectancy despite avoiding harmful habits. Ultra-processed diets, sedentary lifestyles and mental health problems such as anxiety and depression negatively affect their health. Socio-economic factors such as decreasing net wealth also limit access to healthy living. These factors threaten young people's quality of life and longevity.