College completion predicts lower depression but higher metabolic syndrome among disadvantaged minorities in young adulthood [Social Sciences]

Individuals with higher educational attainment live healthier and longer lives. However, not everyone benefits equally from higher education. In particular, the black–white gap in life expectancy is greater at higher levels of educational attainment. Furthermore, recent research suggests that disadvantaged African Americans in the rural Southeast who attend college have...

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