Credit Scores Can Reveal If You’re Healthy or Not

In recent years, credit scores have been used for pre-employment screening and many other functions beyond their original intent, Salomon Israel says. This study seems to bear out their usefulness as a proxy for a person's reliability and steadfastness, and in turn how healthy they may be Jrcasas/iStock

A new study confirms what insurance companies already know: Credit scores can reveal how healthy you are.

Researchers have uncovered a strong relationship between low credit scores and poor heart health. The findings are based on results from a long-term study of more than 1,000 New Zealanders who have been monitored continuously from birth to age 38.

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