Poor face greater health burden than smokers or the obese
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 13:49
in Health & Medicine
December 22, 2009 -- The average low-income person loses 8.2 years of perfect health, the average high school dropout loses 5.1 years, and the obese lose 4.2 years, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.