Article Excerpt: Health happens where we live, work, play and learn. While we’re born with inherited genes that endow us with health risks, social factors — like safe housing, access to good food, education, social support, and access to technology — profoundly influence whole health. Those social determinants of health impact as much as 50 percent of our overall health; genes contribute about 20 percent.
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Article Source: The Huffington Post