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Have young people become (too) sober?

2024-02-29T06:16:10.438Z

Highlights: Have young people become (too) sober?. Less alcohol, less tobacco, fewer calories, less travel, less sex… The investigations are piling up and seem to outline the contours of a youth in search of ‘sobriety’ A sugar-free, gluten-free dessert with a low glycemic index. “A healthy treat,” sums up its creator. A new concept which is attracting more and more fans, like Julien*, 28 years old.


STORY – Less alcohol, less tobacco, fewer calories, less travel, less sex… The investigations are piling up and seem to outline the contours of a youth in search of “sobriety”.


A sugar-free, gluten-free dessert with a low glycemic index.

Here is the happy promise of a thriving pastry shop in the heart of the third arrondissement of Paris.

“A healthy treat

,” sums up its creator.

A new concept which is attracting more and more fans, like Julien*, 28 years old, who has recently been paying attention to his figure.

“I want to regulate what I eat.

After a blood test, I saw that my blood sugar was in the high range.

I don’t want it to be too rich to be healthy,”

announces the young man, a slice of flan in hand.

His girlfriend, who is finishing her Dry January [month without alcohol,

Editor's note

], replies with a laugh that he just has to

“stop going to the bakery”

.

Beyond this example which makes you smile, there are an accumulation of surveys which seem to outline the contours of a youth in search of

"sobriety"

 : less alcohol, fewer cigarettes, fewer calories, fewer children, less travel… and even less sex, according to a recent Ifop study.

After collecting testimonies from young people and the words of experts,

Le Figaro

analyzed the figures and sources of an (apparent) moderation of young French people.

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Source: lefigaro

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