Effects of poverty on childhood development seen in children as young as 5

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/uoc--eop100820.php

News Release 8-Oct-2020
University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

In a nationwide study, UCLA researchers have found that health inequities can be measured in children as young as 5 years old. The research, published in Health Affairs, contributes to a growing body of literature finding that children of color who are also poor face greater health inequities than their white counterparts. 

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