PUBLIC CARE DURING CHILDHOOD AND BIOMEDICAL RISK FACTORS IN MIDDLE AGE: THE 1970 BRITISH COHORT STUDY.

The article discusses the 1970 British cohort study on the relationship between public care during childhood and the biomedical risk factors in Middle Age. Topics include the association between socioeconomic disadvantages in childhood with cardiovascular disease and adult mortality, the association of care with biomarkers of mortality like glucose metabolism, and the history of early-life public care in Great Britain.