Isn’t obesity a risk factor? Are the poor not more likely to be obese?
Women, children, poor and minorities hardest hit................
In the spirit of not blaming the poor, we can add: more crowded living conditions, more likely to rely on public transportation, less able to work from home.
Poverty can stem from ill health, less education, less intelligence.
In Scotland, the poor have to rely on National Health Service, and in this country, the working poor are likely to be uninsured and to forgo care.
Not all of the sufferings of the poor are self-inflicted.