πŸ”— Discrimination damages the bodyβ€”and makes victims age faster

"Our results show that, after controlling for age, major life experiences of discrimination and daily microaggressions were positively associated with allostatic load," said Nevena Chuntova, the study's lead author.

"This means that these two types of discriminatory events independently contribute to physiological dysregulation, creating a cumulative health burden and accelerated aging," said Chuntova, a doctoral student in psychology at UdeM.

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