Book Quote by Michael Marmot

... social environment in childhood affects achieved adult height, life chances, and ultimately mortality rates in adult life. (...) ... social circumstances acting in…

— Michael Marmot

Saying we can't afford to invest in early child development means we're storing up bigger costs in the future.

— Michael Marmot

Low income is related to poorer housing, poorer diet, fewer social amenities, worse working conditions. (...) After adjustment for age, sex, race, smoking, alcohol…

— Michael Marmot

The environment can actually affect gene expression.

— Michael Marmot

The lower you are in the hierarchy the worse your health, the higher you are, the better your health.

— Michael Marmot

It's not just that people with no education have worse health. People with a bit of education at somewhat better, with a lot of…

— Michael Marmot

In Sweden for example people with PhDs have lower mortality than those with a masters degree. And people with a masters degree or a…

— Michael Marmot

For every dollar spent on early child development you save $7 over the life course because children with better early child development are less…

— Michael Marmot

If the economists are arguing as to whether we need to cut or stimulate, because they're completely opposite policies, and they can't work it…

— Michael Marmot

I came from a warm Jewish family.

— Michael Marmot

The differences between Indigenous and not Indigenous Australians can be easily attributed not to differences in their genes but to differences in the conditions…

— Michael Marmot

It's highly likely that what you're doing is indeed influenced by your Jewish background.

— Michael Marmot