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The USDA marketed equally to everyone, yet we see a wide gap in growth in life expectancy shows wide disparities between the poor and wealthy[1]. The growth of
by cowsandmilk 13y ago
The USDA marketed equally to everyone, yet we see a wide gap in growth in life expectancy shows wide disparities between the poor and wealthy[1]. The growth of life expectancy of those with money has kept up with the OECD growth, while the life expectancy of the poor has largely stagnated.
[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/economic-inequality-contributing-to-gap-in-life-expectancy/2013/03/10/54b5d21c-89df-11e2-98d9-3012c1cd8d1e_graphic.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/economic-ineq...
- wutbrodo 13y agoIt's easy to imagine that the damage from following a poor diet is harder on those with lower levels of income and education.