(STUDY FINDS) – Despite modern medicine, many Americans are at high risk for diabetes and cancer. While your diet and lifestyle choices impact your health outcomes, a recent study suggests one overlooked factor is income inequality. A team from The Ohio State University finds children who grew up poor were more likely to have health problems such as chronic inflammation and lung issues.
“Children growing up in a period of rising income inequality seem to be particularly influenced by its negative effects,” says Hui Zheng, lead author and associate professor of sociology at Ohio State in a university release. “It has a long-term impact on their health as adults.”
The research team studied the health outcomes of Americans born between 1925 and 1999 from national datasets tracking health trends over time. One dataset came from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, which collected data on over 35,000 people from 1988 to 2018. More data came from the Panel Studies of Income Dynamics that took place between 1968 and 2013, which included information on over 12,000 adults.
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