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Probably because the poor behave differently from the rich - they tend to overeat more, exercise less, smoke more and drink more. Also any disabled person (who
by yummyfajitas 10y ago
Probably because the poor behave differently from the rich - they tend to overeat more, exercise less, smoke more and drink more.
Also any disabled person (who probably has other health problems that reduce life expectancy) is by definition poor (poverty is defined as low market income).
- facetube 10y agoAll of the behaviors you cite could be caused by extreme stress, poverty, or threats to safety/well-being (rather than being a cause of poverty). I've felt it, and I've done it.
- willholloway 10y agoIt is poverty itself that creates short term thinking that leads to those choices. This is why poverty is expensive for society, and investment by society to eliminate it would be paid back and much more.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoNo it isn't. Again, please read the RCTs I linked to. One of them addresses this exact question.
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