Factors That Influence One's Health and Welfare

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the survival rate for a heart attack victim is three times higher for those who enjoy good social support (Lindsey 2000). Wilkinson claims that those individuals with no friends are "many times more likely to develop infections" (Lindsey 2000). Wilkinson cited three major influencing factors on health as "low socio-economic status, weak social affiliation and poor early childhood development," particularly in the long-term (Lindsey 2000). Wilkinson says

"How these psycho-social stresses affect the
physical tissue is that when the body is preparing
for muscular activity all the sort of thing that are
not essential are put on hold - for example tissue
maintenance and repair, things you don't need in
terms of dealing with a brief emergency. But if the
anxiety or stress continues for weeks, months or
years then you start paying the health costs. These
are the biological effects of chronic anxiety, including
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