Diseases in childhood can prevent promotion in the future, say scientists
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Childhood illnesses are closely related to the health of a person in adulthood and even with his career development, scientists from the University College of London (UK), led by Professor Mika Kivimaki, are certain. The results of the work, partly financed by the British Council for Medical Research and the British Cardiology Foundation, allow us to approve this.
Researchers have studied information on the career of more than 8,300 civil servants for the period from 1991 to 2004. It turned out that if in childhood a person did not undergo hospital treatment of a monthly or longer duration, he achieved serious promotion. In addition, subjects who can not complain about a career, at birth, had a greater body weight.
On the contrary, those who occupied the lower stages of the career ladder were usually born with low weight, and in adulthood they had a high body mass index, a greater waist size, and also a potentially dangerous level of cholesterol, insulin and sugar in the blood. All these factors are known to increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.
Mika Kivimaki notes that the study was conducted on a group of civil servants in a strictly defined period, so its results can not be extrapolated to everyone. However, the conclusions of scientists clearly demonstrate that our social environment can influence the likelihood of heart disease.
The senior nurse of the British Cardiology Foundation, Ellen Mason, critically notes that the causes of childhood illnesses are an abyss; often infants are found to have congenital defects (the same heart disease). In a word, the conclusions drawn by the British should in no way upset their parents, if only because many people who had health problems as a child eventually became beautiful actors, directors, scientists, military leaders, etc.
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