Real revenge of the nerds? Better health

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/12/15/5656789-real-revenge-of-the-nerds-better-health

Kristin Kalning writes: High school nerds may not get the chicks , but they get better health as adults, says a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The findings are based on a study that followed 10,000 graduates from Wisconsin’s high school class of 1957. Researchers have gone back and asked the graduates various questions over the years, and for this report, participants were queried on their health.

UW Sociology professor Pamela Herd found that the better a study participant did in high school, the less likely he or she was to experience poor health as they reached retirement age.

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