Wealth doesn't
always predict good health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The findings
from a study of insulin resistance in Europe suggest that high earnings and an
advanced educational level do not always translate into good health. In
Denmark, children of the most educated and highest earning parents showed the
least insulin resistance. By contrast, in Estonia and Portugal, just the
opposite was seen.
Insulin resistance, also known as decreased
insulin sensitivity, develops when blood sugar levels need to get much higher
before insulin release is triggered. Over time, this resistance can cause
health problems and lead to diabetes.
The findings, which appear in the current
issue of the British Medical Journal, are based on a study of about 1,000
randomly selected schoolchildren living in each of the three countries. In the
Danish group, children of the most educated fathers had 24 percent lower
insulin resistance than children of the least educated fathers, lead author Dr.
Debbie A. Lawlor, from the University of Bristol in the UK, and colleagues
note. A similar association was seen with parent income. In the Estonian and
Portuguese groups, however, children of the most educated fathers had 15
percent and 19 percent higher insulin resistance, respectively, than their
peers of the least educated fathers. The magnitude of these associations was
largely unchanged when the findings were adjusted for other potentially
influential factors.
EDITORIAL
This
issue of "Gender Equality News" focuses on trafficking of women. It
is recognized that we need to look not only at changing the attitudes of the
authorities who deal with trafficked victims, but also the prejudices that
victims may face within their own communities when and if they return. Julie
Bindel opens the debate by looking at the response in the UK to this problem.
Alongside the need to revisit the legislation on prosecution of traffickers and
our support for victims, she argues that we need to address the fundamental
question of demand. Judge Nimfa Cuesta Vilches from the Philippines provides an
overview of current law provision on trafficking in her own country. A British
Council colleague contributes her view of the socioeconomic conditions that
make women in Ukraine vulnerable to the professional international traffickers.
Other perspectives from Greece and Bulgaria look at bringing together agencies
to work on this issue and the need to raise awareness among vulnerable groups
and the community at large. Finally, as a departure from our main focus in this
issue, we have the wonderful photographs by Nancy Durrell Mckenna. In an
interview she explains the reasons she set up her charity, Safehands for
Mothers.
Our next issue will focus on CEDAW and the
progress made 25 years on from its creation, and we welcome articles and
photographs on this topic.
Alison Smith
(Gender Equality Consultant)
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