If you think affluence is closely associated with lifestyle disease, here is a piece of news that would shock you. Some of the most recent studies have linked risks of lifestyle diseases more prevalent in low-income groups. "While incidence and mortality rates from several common types of cancer in many high-income countries have gone down, many low-and middle-income countries have seen cancer rates rise, partially due to increases in risk factors that are typical of Western countries, " a recent study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.Another study published in the online journal BMJ Open showed that "more than one in four middle-aged Indians on low and middle incomes now have an unhealthy midriff bulge."
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