Data is everywhere, but by mining it for insight across the length of people’s lives, longitudinal studies are providing real revelations in the health and habits of the population.

How much screen time is too much? Why do some people age better than others? What triggers depression, disease or eating disorders?

These and many more are the questions that longitudinal studies – which track individuals over time – try to answer.

Today, researchers are beginning to decipher a wealth of information they could only have dreamed of back in the 20th century, when many studies began.

Read the story here: https://eandt.theiet.org/2024/05/17/playing-long-game-population-monitoring