Rich Dad, Old Dad

Perhaps money can't buy happiness, but it does appear that extra cash can buy you a few years...perhaps as many as seven.

An intriguing new study from Britian looked at 1,552 women twins between the ages of 18 and 75, dividing them into five socio-economic groups. Even after adjusting for things such as obesity, exercise and smoking, which can also acclerate aging, researchers found chromosomal evidence of faster aging in the women who fell into the lower socio-economic groups.

The researchers theorize that poor people are under increased psychological stress, which has been shown to have a biological impact on the body. The study is to be published in the October issue of the journal Aging Cell.

Comments

[Sherrie St. Cyr]

I would imagine that inadequate nutrition has a lot to do with this.