The environment can actually affect gene expression.

Health and health inequalities tell us a great deal about the good or bad effects of social policies.

If people want me to go round and talk to governments and others then I feel that responsibility which is why I am on the road a good deal of the time and why I'm not slowing down.

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

Height is probably 95 per cent genetic.

In Sweden for example people with PhDs have lower mortality than those with a masters degree. And people with a masters degree or a professional degree are not poor.

I don't blame people for smoking when I see a social gradient in smoking. I say we need to understand why is it the lower you are in the hierarchy the more likely you are to smoke. So we need to address the causes of the causes.