Study Says Health Habits Linked To Education, Not Race

From: AsianWeek | Date: January 20, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

May Lam
AsianWeek
01-20-1995
Study Says Health Habits Linked To Education, Not Race.

By May Lam

A recent study conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found chronic diseases, which pnmarily include heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes, to be more prevalent among minority groups than in European Americans. But upon closer examination, the research showed that poor health habits were linked to cducation rather than race.

In the Dec. 9, 1994, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), published by the U.S. government agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...

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