When It Comes to Your Health, Your Local Economy Matters (yesmagazine.org)
Public health experts often talk about the “ "social determinants of health" : community traits such as housing quality, access to nutritious and fresh food, water and air quality, education quality and employment opportunities. These factors are thought to be among the most powerful influences on a person’s health. Local communities in every state across the U.S. face similar poor economic realities: 52.3 million Americans live in economically distressed ZIP codes. This means that about 17...