cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/3224663
Living in a privately rented home is linked to more rapid biological ageing, according to researchers who tested DNA and found the tenure is associated with twice the ageing effect of obesity and half that of smoking.
The peer-reviewed study of 1,420 UK householders found housing circumstances can “get under the skin” with significant consequences for health, said academics at the University of Essex and the University of Adelaide . Their findings were published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
I’m guessing that renters typically engage in other behaviours that accelerate aging as opposed to renting being the cause, cuz that would be totally bonkers.
They engage in being poor
Right, but poverty’s still not the direct cause.
Or, crazy thought, buying a house is stupid expensive, and only getting more expensive. So, people rent them instead, in some cases bcz they are actually to poor to buy, and in other cases they just don’t have the down payment yet.
Your point doesn’t change mine at all, just adds another layer between the cause and effect.