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Social determinants of health have been linked with metabolic diseases and other conditions, and researchers have found that improvements in these areas can have an equal effect on disease risks, according to a presentation at the American Diabetes Association’s 81st Scientific Sessions.
Countries’ social and economic development is highly correlated with a healthy life expectancy and other health outcomes, according to presenter Mika Kivimaki, FMedSci, a professor of social epidemiology at University College London. Studies show that an increased life expectancy is attributable to growth in gross domestic product, increases in the average years of school, and other social factors, according to Kivimaki.
He discussed 4 research questions around the social determinants of metabolic health: causation, disease specificity, disease modifiability, and socially patterned disease trajectories.