← 返回新闻首页
马来西亚主流

Poor people age quicker than the rich

Research shows that lower wealth categories experience accelerated losses in muscle strength, slower walking speeds and reduced mobility.

The Star MalaysiaDPA查看原文 ↗
穷人比富人衰老得更快。

Low-income individuals experience faster biological, physical and cognitive ageing compared to wealthier populations due to multiple factors. — AFP

A team of Canadian and Swiss researchers has added to a growing body of evidence that low earners are more likely to be in worse health and age sooner than their more financially secure peers.

“People with less wealth tended to have lower levels of function and suffered larger declines in mobility and ability to perform daily activities as they aged,” publisher PLOS Medicine said, following an analysis of health data for almost 32,000 people between the ages of 50 and 85 in United Kingdom and Canada.

Chinese workers use parasols and sunscreen indoors to combat ‘office ageing’

How well are you ageing physically?

Can dementia be prevented? New WHO guidelines say yes, and Malaysia must act

The hidden toll of overlooking elderly oral health

Ice, ice, baby: Is freezing the answer to your biological clock?

Thank you for your report!

Soccer-Coach Luis Enrique unconcerned by PSG's poor start to the season

Brazil's richest captured record income share despite Lula's effort to prioritize the poor

No respite from poor haze conditions

手机左右滑动,电脑按 ← → 键,也能切换新闻