Imagine there was one changeable factor that affected virtually every measure of a country's health— including life expectancy, crime rates, addiction, obesity, infant mortality, stroke, academic achievement, happiness and even overall prosperity. Indeed, this factor actually exists.
It's called economic inequality. A growing body of research suggests that such inequality — more so than income or absolute wealth alone — has a profound influence on a population's health, in every socioeconomic group from rich to middle class to poor.
Read the complete article of http://healthland.time.com/2011/10/19/how-economic-inequality-is-literally-making-us-sick/#ixzz1bRS59xv2
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