Childhood poverty is associated with a number of physical health problems in adulthood, including Type II diabetes. Childhood poverty can exert a lasting effect on health, with biological and ...

ZIP codes with the highest poverty levels also experience higher rates of obesity, depression and low birth-weight babies. Limited access to affordable healthy food and transportation to medical ...

In Peoria, Illinois, children living in federally subsidized housing have been getting sick in the very places meant to shelter them. An investigation by ProPublica documented that apartments at the ...

Poverty and mental illness are not only linked, but there is also a causal relationship. This is the conclusion of researchers from Amsterdam UMC, the University of Edinburgh and the University of ...

Can poverty exacerbate mental health problems among the youngest family members? A new study by an international team, including a researcher from SWPS University, demonstrates that financial problems ...

When a well-read, analytical, and endlessly curious friend recently confessed ignorance to what period poverty is, I became aware of how widespread it is for this problem to be overlooked. You see, my ...