Are debt woes hurting your health?

People who say they are stressed out about debt are more likely to have health problems, according to a new Associated Press-AOL Health Poll. The findings:

*27 percent had ulcers or digestive tract problems.

• 44 percent had migraines or other headaches.

• 29 percent suffered severe anxiety.

• 23 percent had severe depression.

• 51 percent had muscle tension, such as lower back pain.

Here's another reason to to live beneath your means, keep an emergency fund and pay off your credit card bills every month.

Comments

[Boycott InBev]

Im depressed that the Europeans want to buy Anheuser-Bush.

If it wasnt for us these guys from InBev would be speaking German.

[Think Money Blog]

Interesting thought. I've never really considered the connection in much detail, but that CNN article made interesting reading. I can certainly see the logic.

Debt=Stress
Stress=Health problems