Tuesday, 13 March 2018

The Great Recession crushed public health

The Great Recession crushed public health Blood pressure and blood sugar levels spiked nationally during the Great Recession between 2008 and 2010, a new study has revealed.

Workers and older homeowners were particularly affected by the public health dip triggered by the global economic crash, the most significant since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

While previous studies have suspected this could have been the case, the new report published today by UCLA is the first to provide a comprehensive map of exactly how the dip affected health.

The researchers' next step is to analyze how the crash affected insulin resistance and inflammation to determine how much of a role it played in the rising rates of heart disease and diabetes. The Daily Mail

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