If you study well, you will live 7 years longer

Yulia Shevchenko, "Morning"In industrially developed countries, life expectancy is constantly increasing, but, as it turned out, it is far from uniform among all population groups.

A study by Harvard University scientists has shown that Americans who have spent 12 or more years at a desk have every chance of living to 82, and those who barely received a high school diploma – only up to 75.

As part of the study, we analyzed data on the United States for two periods: 1981-1988 and 1990-2000. In both cases, people with higher education lived longer. For example, in the 1980s, the life of well-educated residents of the United States was extended by one and a half years, poorly educated – only for six months. Over the next decade, educated people received an additional 1.6 years of life, but the life span of the poorly educated has not changed.

The reason for this difference, according to scientists, is not education itself. It's just that more educated people tend to be more successful, have more income, and therefore better living conditions, receive good medical care and play sports. An important factor is that there are fewer smokers among educated people, and in about 20% of cases, life expectancy decreases due to diseases such as lung cancer or emphysema.

It is also curious that the factor of education has a much stronger effect on the life of the beautiful half of humanity. Lack of education reduces the female eyelid twice as fast. With their work, scientists hope to draw attention to social inequality and the problems arising from it. "After conducting a study, we came to the conclusion that health is not a product of the healthcare system as such, but the result of lifestyle and realized opportunities," says Dr. David Katz. "Poverty and limited education are the main enemies of public health."

Portal "Eternal youth" www.vechnayamolodost.ru
13.03.2008