Claim: Poor British adults are less healthy than they were a generation before.
Fact-check: The poorest in UK are living longer, but it seems they feel worse - Full Fact
Verdict: this comes from research on how people feel about their health, which is not necessarily the same as how healthy they are. life expectancy in low income households has risen, which suggests  that their general health may not be worse.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2020-01-27T00:00:00