Now there can be various reasons for this, but whatever the slant of view, the facts cannot be denied.
You may not be able to change your situation in life, and you may just now be getting a hold on your own health. But we need to encourage others toward healthy living.
"We found that even after accounting for various risk factors, people in poverty still had higher CRP {C-reactive protein (CRP), a risk factor for heart disease}," said Dawn Alley, another corresponding author and a recent doctoral graduate from the USC Davis School. "This suggests that even beyond issues like health behaviors and chronic conditions, there is something about poverty that makes people sick, and at least part of this effect is working through CRP."
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