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MONTREAL GAZETTE | Christopher Labos: Why people with lower incomes have more heart disease
Many studies have shown that low socioeconomic status is tied to cardiovascular disease. To put it simply, if you have more money, you are less likely to have a heart attack. There are many possible ways to explain this association. It might be that more money means you can afford better medical care. It’s also possible that more money means you have the financial freedom to buy healthier food; sadly, we live in a world where junk food is cheaper than fruit, says Christopher Labos, Montreal doctor and associate with the McGill Office for Science and Society, in an article written for the Montreal Gazette.
