Question

In the 1970s Whitehall study researchers discovered that lower the grade of employment, the higher the risk for ______ Group of answer choices heart disease cancer diabetes hypertension All major diseases Flag this Question Question 22 pts In the Whitehall study, the difference in health between the affluent, middle class, and poor is called _________

Answer 1

Answer:

1. heart disease

2. Health-wealth gradient

Explanation:

The Whitehall study was a series of research performed on British Civil Servants to investigate the effect of social factors on health. Whitehall study 1 found that men who were in the lower grade of employment, succumbed easily to coronary heart disease unlike the men in the higher grades.

According to the researchers, the difference in health between the affluent, middle class, and poor is called health-wealth gradient.