Intelligence Predicts Health and Longevity, but Why?

<http://mathildasanthropologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/gottfredson.pdf>

"ABSTRACT—Large epidemiological studies of almost an entire
population in Scotland have found that intelligence (as measured by an IQ-type test) in childhood predicts substantial differences in adult morbidity and mortality, including deaths from
cancers and cardiovascular diseases. These relations remain
significant after controlling for socioeconomic variables. One
possible, partial explanation of these results is that intelligence
enhances individuals’ care of their own health because it represents learning, reasoning, and problem-solving skills useful
in preventing chronic disease and accidental injury and in
adhering to complex treatment regimens."

Interesting.

Which I guess means I'm doomed.

Thanks for posting, though!