A new research has shown the relationship between people's financial status and how long they will end up living on earth.
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It has been revealed that that people's social status — that is,
how rich or poor they are — will also determine how healthy they are
likely to be.
The revelation was made by a group of researchers.
According to The Punch,
the scientists, led by an Assistant Professor of Evolutionary
Anthropology and Biology at Duke University, Jenny Tung, warn that the
difference in life expectancy between the rich and the poor is estimated
to be 14.6 years.
In other words, the richer you are, the more likely you are to live long.
The group of scientists who carried out the research at the Yerkes
National Primate Research Centre of Emory University, United States of
America, conclude that poverty has the tendency to destroy or alter a
person’s immune system.
The immune system is made up of a network of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to protect the body.
One of the important cells involved are white blood cells, which
combine to seek out and destroy disease-causing organisms or substances.
The researchers warn that in America, for instance, people in the
lowest socio-economic bracket are more prone to heart disease and
diabetes.
“Several factors are responsible for this, though; and they
include disparity in access to medical care and differences in habits
such as exercise, diet, and smoking,” the researchers note.
They assert that it is becoming evident that the chronic stress of
life that the poor are generally exposed to can negatively influence the
way in which the immune system functions.
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