There are unexpected “nutrients” in life—certain experiences and habits that give the mind and body essential support and make a marked improvement in how well we think, feel, and move as we age.
Social determinants of health are aspects of everyday living that impact our health. They span from intuitive components, such as economic status, to less apparent determinants, such as community.
In their 1999 book “Social Determinants of Health,” Michael Marmot and Richard Wilkinson provide scientific evidence in support of this added dimension of well-being. They found that poverty alone doesn’t explain discrepancies in health. “When people change social and cultural environments,” the authors write, “their disease risks change.”…