health impacts

The Key To Good Health That No One Is Talking About: Money

By Brydie Ragan, YES! Magazine
AlterNet
July 25, 2007

Research now tells us that lower socio-economic status may be more harmful to health than risky personal habits...

I recently saw a billboard for an employment service that said, "If you think cigarette smoking is bad for your health, try a dead-end job." This warning may not just be an advertising quip: public health research now tells us that lower socio-economic status may be more harmful to health than risky personal habits, such as smoking or eating junk food.