Guwahati, Jan. 29 -- Andrew C. Patterson, MacEwan University

Is economic growth good for our health? Put another way, we know that growing the economy is good for business and for creating jobs. But does it help everyone in society? One way to answer this question is to explore what it does for population health.

Our health is one of the most important aspects of our lives, considering how it affects our everyday comfort and ability to survive. Given how wealth contributes to health on the personal, individual level, the case for economic growth might seem intuitive.

However the picture gets murkier when looking at income per capita, where people both rich and poor depend upon a fluctuating economy.

There are also problems of interpre...