Friday 13 December 2013

Tackling health inequalities is a lifelong struggle:

Sir Michael Marmot has spent his career trying to break down the barriers to health equality, and he believes it should be a main priority for governments

Sir Michael Marmot: “There’s an intimate relationship between where you are on the social hierarchy and your health. The people at the top have the longest life, those in the middle are shorter, and as you get lower and lower, the life expectancy gets shorter and shorter.” Sir Michael Marmot: “There’s an intimate relationship between where you are on the social hierarchy and your health. The people at the top have the longest life, those in the middle are shorter, and as you get lower and lower, the life expectancy gets shorter and shorter.”

View article here in the Irish Times

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