People living in poorer neighborhoods at increased risk for death, worse health risks

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 15:49 in Health & Medicine

Regardless of an individual's dietary and lifestyle risk factors, living in a poorer or more socioeconomically deprived neighborhood may increase a person's risk for death, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held Dec. 6-9, 2009.

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