$1.7 Million NIA Aging Study at Yale: How Early Work and Health Habits Affect Later Health
[13 April 2006 - Yale School of Medicine] Researchers have received a four-year, $1.7 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to examine how early choices in work-life and health habits can have long-lasting health effects. The overall aim of the study, �Work-life, Health Habits and Health: Longitudinal Analysis of Aging,� is to examine the dynamic interplay of work-life, health habits and health outcomes throughout life. Researchers will build a life-cycle model using several longitudinal data sets from adolescence to late life. Among the data evaluated will be information on occupation, initiation of smoking and drinking, and obesity. ...