Data Suggests Wealthier People Do More to Maintain their Health

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2025/04/data-suggests-wealthier-people-do-more-to-maintain-their-health/

Researchers here look at differences in life expectancy by income over the period of time in which obesity emerged to became a major issue. Recall that income, wealth, status, education, intelligence, and life expectancy all tend to correlate with one another, and identifying the arrow of causation is a challenge. Researchers found that the difference in life expectancy between high income and low income segments of the population has widened over the past 60 years. The glass half full viewpoint is that this is because people with higher incomes are undertaking more effective means of maintaining long term health. The glass half empty view is that obesity is very damaging to health and longevity, and people with lower incomes become obese to a greater degree than those with higher incomes.

This study examines the long-term association between income and life expectancy in Sweden between 1960…

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