Diabetes

News In Red and Blue: How Messages About Social Factors and Health Can Backfire

Published in Genetics and Environmental Law Weekly, November 7th, 2009

Here's a health idea that Democrats and Republicans agree on: when given information on the genetic factors that cause diabetes, both parties equally supported public health policies to prevent the disease.

But a study designed by the University of Michigan showed Republicans were less supportive of such policies after reading news reports that people with diabetes got their illness because of social or economic factors in which they live, such as lack of neighborhood grocery stores or safe places to exercise. The social factors increased Democrats' support.

The study will appear online Thursday ahead of its December publication in the American...

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Source: Genetics and Environmental Law Weekly (2009-11-07)

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