During the past two decades, the public health community's attention has been drawn
increasingly to the social determinants of health (SDH)—the factors apart from medical care …

Stress can influence health throughout the lifespan, yet there is little agreement about what
types and aspects of stress matter most for human health and disease. This is in part …

Among people exposed to major psychological stressors in early life, there are elevated
rates of morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases of aging. The most compelling data …

This glossary presents a comprehensive list of indicators of socioeconomic position used in
health research. A description of what they intend to measure is given together with how …

The ability of personality traits to predict important life outcomes has traditionally been
questioned because of the putative small effects of personality. In this article, we compare …

Problems with measuring socioeconomic status (SES)—frequently included in clinical and
public health studies as a control variable and less frequently as the variable (s) of main …

Background The worldwide epidemic of childhood obesity is progressing at an alarming
rate. Risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) are already identifiable in overweight …

Background Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in early childhood are known to
influence lung development and lifelong lung health, but their link to premature adult death …

Why do some people take risks and live for the present, whereas others avoid risks and save
for the future? The evolutionary framework of life history theory predicts that preferences for …

The persistence of stark health inequalities in today's world is painfully clear to see, not least
in the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and falling life expectancy in many parts of the world …