Loneliness is an epidemic that health experts are calling the next big public health crisis after smoking and obesity. Research says it can take years off your life and the loneliest people aren't who you might expect: after men in their late 40s, young women aged 15 to 24 are the loneliest group. So Laura Murphy-Oates hits the streets to find out what's going on. Her journey takes her to a ‘cuddle party’, to manning the phones of a 24-hour ‘friendline’, and singing karaoke in Broken Hill.
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