A study of nearly 800,000 schoolchildren in New York City shows that Black, Hispanic, and Asian students live and go to school closer to both healthy and unhealthy food outlets than do White students. Brian Elbel of the New ...
Jun 12, 2019
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(HealthDay)—The United States has larger income-related differences in perceptions of health and health care than other middle- and high-income countries, according to a report published in the June issue of Health Affairs.
Jun 9, 2017
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Although more than five decades have passed since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted, income inequity remains. Black workers in the U.S. continue to earn less than white workers. And according to a new study by researchers ...
Jun 7, 2016
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Health disparities are common in developed countries, including the U.S., but at what age those inequities take root and how they vary between countries is less clear.
Jan 29, 2016
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Health inequalities in young people have grown alongside socioeconomic disparities between the rich and poor.
Feb 3, 2015
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The income gap between men and women in the United States has been closing over the last quarter century, but not among physicians.
Sep 13, 2013
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England is building up a large future health problem in the amount of individuals who are physically inactive according to new research published today [01 Aug]. The study, which examined data on over one million adults in ...
Aug 1, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—Although the English are generally healthier than Americans, both countries grapple with large health inequalities. A new study suggests that in both countries, health and wealth are tightly linked.
Sep 21, 2012
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Substantial racial and ethnic disparities were found for a broad set of harmful health-related issues in a new study of 5th graders from various regions of the U.S. conducted by Boston Children's Hospital and a consortium ...
Aug 22, 2012
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Many economists and sociologists have warned of the social dangers of a wide gap between the richest and everyone else. Now, a new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of ...
Jun 13, 2011
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