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New Director for BCS70

We are pleased to announce that Professor George Ploubidis has been appointed the new director of BCS70.

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Happy birthday BCS70!

Happy birthday for April! You’ll notice that this year’s booklet is a little different compared to previous ones we’ve sent you. We’d love to know what you think of the changes.

Midlife health linked to childhood circumstances, study finds

A new study based on BCS70 has found that people of your generation who grew up in poorer families are at much greater risk of having multiple long-term health problems in their late 40s. The research also reveals an association between physical and mental health conditions in childhood, and chronic health problems in middle age.

50 stories in 50 weeks – the final word

We’ve now reached the end of our year-long celebration of the 1970 British Cohort Study. Over the past 50 weeks, we’ve traversed five decades of British social and political history, to tell the story of BCS70. Over to you, BCS70 heroes, for the final word in our 50 stories in 50 weeks journey…