According to one of the recent researches made by the University of Wisconsin Americans tend to live longer, however, some of the achievements and indicators were found out to be disproportional among the better educated individuals.

Many researches and studies have already shown that there is a certain relation between education and duration of life, however, a detailed picture of this issue that explains and clarifies this link has appeared only recently. It was found out that this study and deep research that were based on the government data in order to estimate the situation in each American county were financed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Research mainly focused on the health state of individuals and such indicators as obesity, smoking, drinking, physical inactivity and premature death. An interesting fact is that the number of fast food restaurants and their density in specific areas were also considered.
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