Act early in life to bridge the health gaps that blight society

摘要

That a lack of wealth all too often translates into poor health may seem painfully obvious. But now a review of health inequalities in England reveals that such disparities don't just disadvantage the least well-off. The review also suggests some strategies to tackle the inequalities, These remedies should apply the world over, including in the US, where health and wealth inequalities can be especially stark.rnCommissioned by the UK government, the review was headed by Michael Marmot of University College London, who most famously showed that British civil servants at the bottom of the organisational pile were much more likely to suffer coronary heart disease than those at the very top. In his latest work, Marmot uses census data from across England to show that these health inequalities don't just exist between the richest and the poorest.