Socioeconomic status, positive human psychology and optimal health

Abstract

Socioeconomic status, positive human psychology and optimal health 3. Abstract The socioeconomic advantage of the few that is the primary contributor to good health is unfair to billions of poor people worldwide. Lifestyles that contribute to good and poor health are rooted in socioeconomic conditions and are increasingly responsible for chronic illness and deaths in developed countries and affect also some developing nations. Exercise, healthy diets and sufficient sleep all contribute to better health and longevity. However, the task to create more equitable social conditions is becoming increasingly difficult as economic disparities are widening within societies and between poor and rich countries. Human psychology also contributes to health and illness. Research shows that positive emotions are linked to well-being and longevity. Improvement in health as a causal effect of happiness is probably transmitted via the autonomic nervous system (less arousal of fight and fight responses) and improvement of immune protection.

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
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                 
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"              
              
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   #-
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               /  

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
%*1(*'
Socio-economic inequality: An
inconvenient truth.
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           !    
 
 
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
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                C  
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    D  .              
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                      
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  &       
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 

          #    %
0!L" @0 *1(+'
            
            #  
A          
                       

%?7
.      *11E'  ?        #

                /#
   !
#
6
 
            

;/
-                
             0  

;/%@*1(,'

   ;/         
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-*114*1(('$
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-                 #
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            !    
  /              

      B  #        

            $  
                    
        B        
    $                    
&.
        B     
      B              
#
.

              "
               #  
 $  
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  &  '          
;&C
#  !            
                

              

"              

#
         -     
                    

  
               

0                  

!
     & 
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1-2-1-+-
$# -# 4 5#(# %(FFF' /   P
A            = 3      4  5  3  
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